Trading Futures contracts is generally referred to as generating Income.
Generating Income Does Not Come Without Risk
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How to Turn a Stop Loss of $150 into a $400 Loss
Most traders would want to read an article about how to turn $150 into $400. But then most traders lose money trading Futures.
Commodity Grain Trading Hours Changing, Again
I have mentioned many times before that a Futures trader must always be in the learning mode. Never feel like you know it all in the trading industry. The only constant in this business is change. Today I am going to review with you the new trading hours for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CMEGroup) grain and grain oil markets.
Where Did the Prices Go?
Futures trading predominantly took place during the day time hours in an open outcry fashion for many years.
Futures Trading: The Hardest Easy Money You Will Ever Make
For years people have swarmed to the Futures markets, hoping to find the holy grail trading system and to get rich overnight. If you really believe there is such a thing as the holy grail trading system, then why don?t more people quit their day jobs in search of this elusive creature?
Sometimes It Takes a Board Upside Our Heads to Understand
This is probably what many traders trying to pick a top in the Lumber market are saying right now.
Where Would You Like These 5,000 Bushels of Corn Dumped?
This question has kept many a trader from venturing into the Commodity Futures markets.
It?s the Pits
For many years the Futures markets only had a day session and all the transactions were conducted in trading pits on the floors of the Exchanges.
Do You Know Where Your Money Is?
Trading Commodity Futures on a Central Exchange has been around for about 200 years. When Futures trading on these Exchanges was first started, it was designed to allow Commercial traders to offset price risk.
Equity Index Futures Daily Price Limits
When trading Futures contracts a trader must be aware of daily price limits for the markets they are trading. There are different types of price limits in different Futures markets.
Before You Dive In, Check the Depth First
I remember a vacation in Aruba where the water was a beautiful turquoise color and you could see the bottom of the ocean, even when the water was twenty feet deep. Diving into water like this reduces the risk of an injury because you can see the ocean bottom. If this were the markets I would say it was a good risk/reward decision.
Futures Markets and Offsetting Price Risk
Futures markets exist for the purposes of price discovery (facilitation of trade) and transferring risk to counterparties (hedgers trading with speculators).