MooSting : ES Futures is traded almost 24/5 except for rest between 1701 to 1859

MooSting : Well if you are scared you can always buy a put to protect your investment.

MooSting : This is only the price different between the expiring Dec and opening Mar future contract. There is little change in the NQ .

MooSting Warren Buffed : The NQ futures contract expire this week. So the Mar25 futures contract always carry a premium compare to the expiring Dec contract. This happens every quarter . As for QQQ or sqqq it will trade base on the market price . It will not gap up suddenly when futures change over .

MooSting : This is futures not ETF or Stock. You trade using short term time frame for day trade. Objective is to profit from a short trend in minutes chart. You need to have enough money to hold 1 contract for overnight trade . Do not trade if do not understand  futures.

MooSting 103176462 : The emini NQ is a leverage product . 1 point move is equal to $20. If the index move 20 point then you either gain or lose $400.  You need to have $21780 margin to hold 1 lot overnight . If your margin fall by $2000 you have to top up maintain your holding overnight or risk force closing.
Normally the emini NQ is for day trading. To try out you can trade the micro MNQ first. 1 point move of micro is just $2.

MooSting 103176462 : It is the same index only the leverage is lower. You just need $2178 to trade 1 lot if you hold overnight. Take note the expiry date of the contract.