Okay, I’ve set up a little experiment.  Though I am not sure, I suspect that trading futures will reduce my trading cost.  As such, I’ve set up a test where I commit 50% of my money to my futures account and 50% of my money to my forex account.  In the forex corner, I’m using Metatrader and manual optimization techniques to determine which system I will trade live.  In the futures corner, I am using Tradestation and automated brute-force optimization to determine which system to trade live.  I shall do my best to make an objective determination of which trading vehicle is more profitable for me.