ES Emini Live Chart Alerts » Why trade the ES E-mini
One of our most focused upon trading vehicles at TradeSeven.com is the E-mini S&P-500 contract. The E-mini contract was launched in September 1997 to attract non-professional investors into trading index futures. The CME did this by making the contract 1/5th the size of the standard "Big" S&P-500 futures contract, therefore, requiring only 1/5th the margin to trade.
During a normal week, the E-mini contract trades 23.5 hours a day, five days a week and enjoys enormous volume. The value of each contract is US$50, meaning $50 per point - per contract.
E-mini Futures Trading Offers Us
- Lower margin requirements than required for the 'Big' contract.
- Round-the-clock electronic trading platform (Globex).
- High liquidity and, therefore, minimal slippage and tight bid/offer spreads.
- Ability to go long (buy) and short (sell) with no up-tick rule.
- Large volatility and high leverage.
- Very low brokerage commissions.
- Lower tax rate (for US traders), and
- Minimal tax reporting requirements when compared to bookkeeping needed with stocks.
If you trade stocks, options, commodities, futures, forex, mutual funds, IPOs, ETFs, etc., you owe it to yourself to try the S&P-500 E-mini futures. Personally, over my many years of trading I have never found anything as enjoyable - or profitable.
Please also see: 'ES Futures Advantages'.
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