Advantages of Emini Trading Over Forex, Stocks & Commodities

Trading the emini’s has many advantages over trading stocks, commodities and foreign exchange (forex) markets.

To get started in trading stocks and commodities generally requires an account size of $10,000 where emini trading only requires a minimum of $2,000. Eminis are miniature-sized futures contracts you can make a considerable amount of money from very small moves in the market.

You can also start with a small account size in forex markets, one of the advantages of trading eminis is that you get to see accurate volume data. Besides the price movement itself, volume is the second most important information that you can get and is very helpful information.

For instance, if the market looks like it is at a top and there is very low volume, its unlikely to go up. There must be buyers and volume for the market to go up. Because forex markets have no central exchange you cannot get accurate volume data, they only provide data from each broker and likely the big players who move the markets will not be using the same broker as the smaller players.

Another advantage of emini trading is that you can just trade for 1-2 hours per day. Generally during the first hour of market open is when a large amount of trading transactions take place. If you don’t have a lot of time to trade during the day or just prefer not to have to stare at the screen, trading eminis during the opens may be a great idea for you.

Emini trading (like all trading) has a large risk, be sure to get a quality emini trading education and practice on a demo account before going live.  I recommend Traders International, they offer a professional emini trading education and have a live trading room which is open everyday. It’s such a benefit to have a support team available when you are new to trading, it really helps you to maintain focus and discipline.