On Friday I went short Dow futures and long Australian $ futures but only on a SIM account (ie it's not a trade on my live account but a trade on a demo account).  I want to explore this type of trading to see how I get on first.  I'm attempting to capture an expected convergence between these two instruments.


The divergence between Dow futures and the currency markets has been visible for a number of days and I used the trendline break of the Dow on Friday as an entry signal for this trade;