I think there are quite a few futures traders on this site, it's just that most of them aren't professional/full time traders, so while they voice their opinion often, they aren't going to post numbers like many of the equity traders, giving the illusion there are more equity guys. I think another way to ask the question is why are there so few successful futures traders as there are equity traders on this site. For that I think the primary reason is stocks, NYSE in particular, are simply less efficient. There are quite a few very short term scenarios I can exploit in the NYSE universe for small, quick gains, however if you took the tape away from me I'd be useless. I don't mean to demean myself or my style of trading. In the end it's all money, whether it's from an ecn arb or Winthrop going long pork bellies. However 'true' trading, position trading, directional trading, or whatever you want to call it, is a far more difficult way to make a living, but it's what is required to be successful trading futures.
That said perhaps there are great ways to game the mini's and I'm not bright enough to figure it out, wouldn't be the first time.
