EUR/USD vs 6E or the E7 ........Why one over the other?

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Good Afternoon ,
I have some Newbie and Intermediate questions that I’m still not 100% sure of . Need some help and input please:

  1. Why would you trade the EUR/USD instead of trade the 6E or the E7 ?

or Trade the AUD/USD vs the 6A ?

Does it come down to your Account size / Position size preference ?

  1. If the “Correct” Position size for a trade comes out to you trading 40 MICRO lots ( 4 MINI lots ) … Is there a reason why you should trade the 4 Mini lots instead of the 40 Micro lots ?

I really appreciate the help , thanks so much

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One of the reasons would be not having to worry about and roll over at contract expiration.
Another would be account size, as you mentioned, at least to me. I would only risk one
contract if I were trading the futures which makes it impossible to scale out and trail stops on the balance.

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Makes sense. I def. want to have the option to scale in and out of positions. Plus the Margin requirements with trading the CME ( 6E , 6A, etc. )

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And the pairs pricing is RIGHT NOW, while the futures is on expiration date.

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Great point, thank you