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    Seeking most liquid ETFs and are there ETFs where you go short

    Thats great. Many thanks. Does anyone know if short ETFs exist for UK indicies and sectors? TIA
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    Seeking most liquid ETFs and are there ETFs where you go short

    are there "inverse" ETFs which allow you to short sell? otherwise how does one do it? thanks!
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    Seeking most liquid ETFs and are there ETFs where you go short

    Hi, I know the main financial index ETFs, but can someone point to a list (which is pref kept up to date) of commodity ETF, both baskets and individual. Also are there ETFs for the FTSE, DOW etc as well as more exotic where I can short? I would prefer to use a regular broker and ETFs for the...
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    When is the best time to jump to the next traded month for index futures?

    WOW. Thats great. Thanks!
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    When is the best time to jump to the next traded month for index futures?

    Thanks peeps.
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    Can Someone tell me for sure what time UK and US SSF start trading?

    Hi, Please can someone tell me what time the following open as I keep getting loads of different answers depending on which website I look at. 1. US single stock futures that are within dow, s&p500, nasdaq. 2. UK single stock futures, e.g. VOD Also I understand that YM trades practically 24...
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    Can someone look at my worked example question for margin

    Thanks of the replies. Nice range in the Dow yesterday.
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    Can someone look at my worked example question for margin

    What if you open the trade and immediately it jumps 10 points. Does your maintenance margin go down? Cheers
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    Can someone look at my worked example question for margin

    Hi everyone. I am having trouble understanding margin and would like some help please. For example at etrade to trade YM they say Init. margin: $2500 Maint. margin: $2000 Is this for one contract? Say I wanted to trade 5 contracts. How would I calculate the required margin? Cheers peeps.
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    Technical Analysis for Dummies New

    Just created the auction at eBay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4518372088&ssPageName=ADME:B:LC:UK:1
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    Is there a website that lists the common futures with exchanges and hours traded?

    Thanks everyone. All makes sense now.
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    Is there a website that lists the common futures with exchanges and hours traded?

    Thanks Ziggie. However I'm, still a little confused. Can we focus on YM which may help me understand. Looking at www.cbot.com/cbot/pub/cont_detail/1,3206,1560+14425,00.html it says: "Electronic Trading: 7:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Central Time, Sunday - Friday". Now I had assumed this meant the...
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    Is there a website that lists the common futures with exchanges and hours traded?

    Thanks. You list trading hours for emini as 9.30-16.00 EST. Have some questions. Q1. This is traded at CBOT so will it be Central Time? Or is it traded at multiple exchanges? also Q2. Can it not be traded practically all the time? I found this...
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    Is there a website that lists the common futures with exchanges and hours traded?

    Just looking at CBOT and CME as I interested in trading Dow an S&P 500 e-mini's. Am I right in thinking that, apart from an hour here and there, you can trade these 24 HOURS? Have I read that right? Or do these products have their *own* trading hours and the previous hours apply to just the...
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    Is there a website that lists the common futures with exchanges and hours traded?

    Thanks. The IB link is grrrrrrrrrrreat.
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