doctoroe

I like the S&P Emini because I make more money trading it than the other eminis. Period. But just because I make good money with it, does not mean it is for everybody. I have been trading professionally for over 10 years and got started on eminis about five years ago. Anyway, if the S&P doesn't work for you, for pete's sake, don't trade it. Of course some people should not be trading at all.

You can trade emini futures at many brokers with a $5,000 account. But if you jump in and start trading right away the professionals will eat your lunch. Some brokers like TradeStation and IB have simulators that let you practice before you use real money.

TradeStation has a bit of a learning curve. If you use it to trade 10 or more emini contracts per month it is free, only the exchange data fees. It has plenty of support forums with downloadable indicators and strategies. They also tout their training classes. I attended one on strategy trading and was not impressed. It was too basic. And I think they wanted folks to sign up for one of their more expensive easy language coding classes. If you are a coding geek you might enjoy TradeStation. I am just a bottom line-oriented trader.

Does anyone know if a TradeStation strategy has been developed using the BB Squeeze? It's a great indicator but I have not seen a workable automated strategy for it, as yet. Thanks

Done anyone by chance have the correct emini symbols to use in Ninja for TradeStation? I have downloaded and installed Ninja but can't seem to get the eminis to show up on the Ninja charts. Thanks

TradeStation works fine for me, although since the Russell Eminis migrated to ICE the data feed on TradeStation has not been very good. But on the ES the NQs and the EMDs, Tradstation works fine for us.