Beginner's Guide To E-Mini Futures Contracts: Introduction

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E-minis are electronically traded futures contracts that represent a percentage of a corresponding standard futures contract. The e-minis make ideal beginner trading instruments for a variety of reasons, including round-the-clock trading, low margin rates, volatility and liquidity. This guide will discuss the e-mini stock index futures contracts, describe e-mini characteristics and introduce methods to trade these popular contracts.



Figure 1: E-Mini S&P 500




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Jean Folger

Jean Folger
Jean Folger is a technical analyst and system researcher with PowerZone Trading, author of the award-winning book Make Money Trading: How to Build a Winning Trading Business, and a private trader specializing in the e-mini markets. Jean is an affiliate of the Market Technicians Association, a regular contributor to Futures magazine and was previously a real estate broker.

PowerZone Trading develops commercial technical trading indicators and trading systems for the TradeStation, NinjaTrader and MultiCharts trading platforms. The company is a TradeStation EasyLanguage Specialist and Add-on Developer and provides custom programming and consulting services for active traders.

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