Regarding your last line: futures trade nearly 24 hours, 6 days/week. It's also several times bigger than the ETF market, in terms of average daily dollar volum

Regarding your last line: futures trade nearly 24 hours, 6 days/week. It's also several times bigger than the ETF market, in terms of average daily dollar volume, so you get the liquidity and smaller spreads as well. [1] [1]: https://www.cmegroup.com/education/courses/futures-vs-etfs/why-trade-futures-instead-of-etfs.html https://www.cmegroup.com/education/courses/futures-vs-etfs/w...