Forex vs Futures

Hi Everyone,

I just wondering what some of you guys think of trading forex futures as opposed to actually on the spot forex market. In term of paying comission vs spreads and how they trend.

Thanks so much.

Vik

Futures win, hands down.

*UNLESS, you go through the EBS

Do you generally apply the same sort of technical/ fundemental analysis to them?

Thanks
Vik

Cost wise, futures are CHEAP,regardless of your FX broker.
Magin on Futures is way more then FX and execution is nowhere as fast.
Constantly rolling the futures spot month makes it difficult for technical analysists.
While you don't have to consider carry charges/payouts, you do have to worry about delivery.
I prefer FX, at least when I'm on the receiving end of the carry.

I thought that you also receive interest on futures and CME does that by adding pips to the closing price?

Jup there is something like roll over interest payment.
Just like you said it gets added to the closing price.

Haven't traded futures for a few years so who knows what travesties have transpired.
But,I can tell you there never used to be an interest cost or fee for holding overnight positions.