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The IQFeed symbol list is a bit difficult to follow.
eSignal symbol list gives a quicker overview of what is at each
exchange >> click on SYMBOLS GUIDE from this page
http://www.esignalcentral.com/support/cs/default.asp
example:
go to CME and see what is in the CME package there.
You can also see the trading hours and pick up a link to the exchange
sites from there (exchange sites explain all the details if you have
a year or two to dig through it all).
Also you can use the eS symbols list here and also maybe get a basic
look at the chart (limited chart) if you subscribe for free (the cost
is advertising emails) - it can be handy if you want to see an
example chart before subscribing to the exchange.
As a rule of thumb -
a) I prefer to trade instruments that run 24 hours a day OR for
equities have a premarket (high vol stocks on the US exchanges).
b) I agree you should go for liquidity - look for low spreads
As a starting point the futures quoted by Yahoo are a pretty good
guide as to which instruments have volume:
http://finance.yahoo.com/actives?e=us
look at US indices >> futures
and commodities >> energy, metals etc
If you are going to chase all the exchanges then you will pay a lot
in exchange fees and use very little from each.
If you pay for the exchanges that emulates Yahoo you still have a few
on your plate.
Chasing all of the exchanges has a high pain to gain ratio.
It is mainly a choice between NewYork/Chicago and London anyway.
IMO it is better to work in reverse:
- follow what your broker trades (in some cases it is hard to find a
broker who carries the instruments you want).
- look at the charts your broker carries and decide from them which
ones have the personality that suits your style/strategies (don't try
to trade them all)
- pick the hours you want to work e.g. London is afternoons for me :-)
and USA is nights (ugh!)
My simple solution was to go to a trader where I can trade multi
instruments from one desk i.e. gold, oil, forex, world indices etc
(for me that is IB or IGMarkets - I will try IB next year).
I like Gold, Oil, equity indices like ES, SP500, ASX200, FTSE100, US
top vol stocks or UH top vol stocks.
Except for stocks I can trade them in 24 hour london time charts
using CFD's which trade like a future or an option (without time
decay and volatility crunch).
brian_z
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "murthysuresh" <money@xxx> wrote:
>
> i am trying to find out what markets to focus on. when i look at
> iqfeed symbology, they list a lot of markets which trade similar
> commodities. is there any info that differentiates between these
> markets so i can decide which one to focus on.
> BMF (Brazilian Merc. & Futures Exchange)
> CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade)
> CFE (CBOE Futures Exchange)
> CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange)
> COMEX (Commodity Metals Exchange)
> DME (Dubai Merchantile Exchange)
> ENCOM (Euronext Commodities)
> ENID (Euronext Index Derivatives)
> ENIR (Euronext Interest Rates)
> EUREX (Deutsche Borse Exchange)
> EUREXNDX (Eurex Indexes)
> ICEFC (ICE Futures Canada - Formerly WCE)
> ICEFE (ICE Futures Europe - Formerly IPE)
> ICEFI (ICE Indexes)
> ICEFU (ICE Futures US - Formerly NYBOT)
> KCBOT (Kansas City Board of Trade)
> LME (London Metals Exchange)
> MDEX (Bursa Malaysia Derivatives)
> MGE (Minneapolis Grain Exchange)
> NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange)
> SGX (Singapore International Monetary Exchange)
> WTB (Warenterminborse Hannover)
>
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