Forum: Commodities
December 21st, 2016, 09:44 AM
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Forum: Commodities
December 21st, 2016, 12:03 AM
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The fact that Onion Futures were effectively...
The fact that Onion Futures were effectively banned was really nothing to do with activity specific to Onion Futures. Such activity could occur in any futures market.
There really is little...
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Forum: Commodities
December 20th, 2016, 10:44 AM
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Forum: Commodities
October 28th, 2015, 01:48 AM
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Any new markets that the CME create will be...
Any new markets that the CME create will be created for one single purpose - to make money for the CME.
The tick sizes (as per my prior post) and the margins are kept low to encourage the most...
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Forum: Commodities
October 28th, 2015, 01:45 AM
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Replies: 37
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The contracts are kept small.
Look at the $...
The contracts are kept small.
Look at the $ per tick increment - it is intentionally kept small.
So $10 a tick on oil, $12.50 on ES, $5 on YM - to me these are retail sized tick sizes.
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Forum: Commodities
October 26th, 2015, 08:54 AM
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I don't agree with that at all.
The futures...
I don't agree with that at all.
The futures markets exist to enable speculation. Most trade is speculative, not hedging.
There are good arguments that say the futures markets cause the very...
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