How to Successfully Trade the Russell 2000 E-mini Futures, Part
1  The S&P 500 futures are obviously king of e-mini index
markets. More traders work that symbol than all other e-mini
index futures combined. But, popularity as measured by volume
does not always mean superiority of profit potential. Other
e-mini markets exist for valid reasons… some darn good ones at
that.  ES futures are most liquid, most popular, and most
churned by blackbox computer programs of all. Using the term
“efficient market” would definitely rate the ES as most
efficient = least profitable to trade because of that. The ES
spends more time going sideways in consolidation patterns and/or
pulling back inside directional periods (back & fill) than any
of the other e-mini index symbols. That fundamental truth is due
to professional-level players working big orders with varied
agendas which have absolutely nothing to do with accumulation or
distribution patterns. Hedging to offset blocks of stock, SPY
shares, SPX option positions, intermar