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To: fut_trade who wrote (14237)	9/23/2001 8:21:27 AM
From: Eric P	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18137

My question is: do you have any ideas on using tick price and volume data, and perhaps bid/ask price and size data to trade a futures contract such as the e-mini? My opinion is that this information just isn't very useful given the nature of how an index like the S&P 500 moves. I am just beginning to consider trading the e-mini, and am no expert in this area. However, I agree that for futures such as the e-mini, data like bid/ask price and size are of little value, as the contract moves based on the underlying index, not based on the visible supply/demand of the futures contract. Obviously, bid/ask and spread would be important for determining transaction/slippage costs, and could be a real value for scalpers. But for most traders, I would think they would provide much less value than the same information would provide an individual stock trader. -Eric