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Re: Trade mini instead if regular S&P



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At 08:46 PM 6/13/98 -0400, Richard Davidson wrote:
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>> From: Robert W Cummings <robertwc@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Trade mini instead if regular S&P
>> Date: Saturday, June 13, 1998 8:25 PM
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>> My FCM suggested that I trade the mini S&P instead of the regular S&P. He
>> said he was getting instant fills for everybody and very little if any
>> slippage. I would have to trade 10 to one and the mini trades in 25 point
>> ticks. I could do this I suppose anybody see a problem with this or tried
>> this instead of trading the regular S&P. Does this makes sense?
>> 
>> Robert
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>Sounds like a great deal for you broker 10 times the commission. No it does
>not make sense to me anyway. I f you have the capital to trade the big
>contract that make much more sense to me.
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>Rich Davidson
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Well I would have agree about the commissions would be nice but unfair. But
if the commissions were equal then the executions would be the factor that
would make this make sense.

Robert