Anyone know of an emini future simulator?

[anup]

I sim traded after opening unfunded account with AMPfutures in 2010. They allowed me the data feed from Trading Technologies and I plugged that in Ninja Trader (free licence key version). It allowed be to record and reply the market at my own convenience.

 

[shadowpug]

can u simulate order queue ?

What you can do is track the the bid/ask size (if available) at the time the order is submitted and subract trades off of this value to get an approximation of when your orders is next up for a fill. This is one of the things that NinjaTrader's simulation engine does.

 

[moksha99]

I am trying to find out how day trading margin work for co related futures spread ... as an example 1 x S&P Big Vs 5 x S&P E minis ( 1 x SPM11 against 5 x ESM11).. SO this is a "Synthetic spread" not a "Exchange recognized spread) like typical calender spread.

CME says since they are fungible their margin is only $1 a set ( set being the above 1:5 ratio)
But when I ask the brokers I get very diff answers
Option express = $625 for the set but the commissions are just too much 6.99 per side!
Global says = $7000
IB: full margin unless you have $100,000
SO does anybody know any better alternatives?
Appreciate you help