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    Which is the riskier trading strategy?

    my response is to a theoretical question, it assumes markets are efficient. my answer assumes that the trader is efficient, and is thus watching the market for movement, in line with expectations or otherwise. i agree options are potentially less risky however delta works both ways. the answe...
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    Which is the riskier trading strategy?

    generally i believe that inherent risk is down to the trader. however in the above arguement i believe there is no winner.trading opportunities can be made to mirror expected market outcomes. if the market is expected to range you would chose options over futures. if its direction is...
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    Stock, Futures & Options Magazine

    thanks, i'll have a look. do you ever look at : www.erivatives.com or www.appliederivatives.com ? written by patrick young, bit of a talking head , appears on cnbc etc, but is useful to keep up with new contracts, market developments and has some very useful explanations on contracts as well...
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    Futures Trading

    4 euros plus exchange fees per side , see my comments re minimum a/c size on your other post. your average punter is more likely to s/bet than trade futures. still whatever u feel comfortable with. AND ITS MRS TO YOU !
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    Difficulty trading Index Futures through high margin requirements?

    different contracts , different margins, if you only put up 5k then you'll be called on your first losses and have a 2/3 lot trading limit - more messing around transferring money etc etc is 5k a sensible level to start trading futures? i dont think it is, if you only want to trade with 5k then...
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    Futures Trading

    i'm surprised that you guys are paying so much in commission, 6 quid at man and even 4 quid at easy seems high to me , i'm paying 1 euro a side plus exchange fees at www.gdd.co.uk. even if you only traded 10 times a month their commission rate is 4 euros per side plus exchange fees , although...
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    Futures Brokers

    REPLIED TO YOU ELSEWHERE, CHECK OUT WWW.GDD.CO.UK. SFA REGISTERED, SWISS REGULATED, USING THE PATSYSTEMS SOFTWARE, CHARGES ARE CHEAPER DEPENDANT ON VOLUME. GOOD LUCK
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    Futures Trading

    I USED TO USE GNI , I NOW TRADE VIA WWW.GDD.CO.UK. THEY USE THE SAME SOFTWARE PACKAGE AS GNI , IE PATSYSTEMS , BUT THEY ARE CHEAPER FOR THE ACTIVE TRADER, NOT PERHAPS FOR THE VERY HIGH VOLUME TRADER BUT I TRADE BETWEEN 25 AND 100 CONTRACTS A DAY ACROSS LIFFE,EUREX AND THE US . EITHER GDD OR...
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    Sticky Introduce Yourself

    new to you hi, been day trading futures and the very odd option or usf for about 9 months now , use gni at the moent but am considering my options now that the new year is with us , am particuarly interested to join discussions with other traders re uk and euro futures on indexes. been...
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