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I understand what you mean. Now that the S&P moves only $250 per point and
margin is 12,000, The NYFE makes approximately the same amount of money
with a $7500 margin requirement. Differences might be that it trades day
only, and it is more thinly traded. Look at today's move for instance.
either contract made around $7500(if you were short)
Steve
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> From: Visavis <Visavis@xxxxxxx>
> To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: FUT: Maximizing use of margin 2
> Date: Thursday, January 08, 1998 11:20 PM
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> Sorry to mislead you guys about the example of BP and SF. Lets say for
almost the same margin requirement of another example, the Wheat and Corn.
Both Wheat and corn had almost the same margin use but yesterday's move,
Wheat make a bigger move that corn which Wheat falls $8.50 compare to corn
which is onkt $5 per contract.
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> Therefore when you bet wheat, you get a nicer return when you are
correct. Which this is what I mean by maximizing the margin use. Thanks
again for all who respond previously.
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> >>Hi!
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> >>Do anybody had any ideas on how to maximize the margin being use in
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> >>trading? Example: Margin for British Pound is $1552 while Swiss Franc
is
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> >>$1721, both had almost the same amount of margin requirement to trade
one
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> >>contract. But British Pound offers the most bang for the buck in which
its
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> >>average EOD close is at around 100+ points compared to Swiss Franc
which is
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> >>50+ points and having the same point value at $12.50 each.
>
> >>I had read a book "How I triple my Money..." by Ulf Jensen which he
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> >>describe somthing like this by computing the Average Trading Range and
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> >>others...
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> >>Do anybody had other easier method?
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> >>Thanks in advance!
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> Visavis
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