Micro contract versus the full: the same move in dollars
The full and the micro follow the same price. Only the dollars per point differ. Enter both and see the same move in dollars.
How it works: points moved x dollars per point x contracts is the result. The full and the micro follow the same price. They differ only in dollars per point. Divide the full's dollars per point by the micro's to see how many micros match one full. Dollars per point are your own numbers.
Same move, smaller bite
One micro moves a fraction of what one full moves. Ten micros can match one full. Ten micros are not a safer trade than one full. They are the same trade. See micro vs e-mini futures and the futures point was fifty dollars.
Pick the size on purpose
Micros let you pick a size between zero and one full. Count the dollars on the move you fear, not on the move you hope for. See futures contract and contract multiplier.
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