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Jesse O asked:


Looking for hints and strategies in forex futures trading.

MIRABELLA

Fit_Princess asked:


I am planning future possibilities of trading in Forex (foreign exchange). If you are familiar with this then please give me recommendations of what would be a suitable computer system for doing this. I don’t want anything super extravagant. I just need something as basic as possible yet good enough to keep up with trading Forex.
I think I was to vague when I said computer system. I don’t mean forex software. I want information of actually desktop computers such as brand and memory.

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IraEpsteinFutures asked:

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Thomas Eliot asked:


Playing the futures market in commodities trading as a speculator can be quite a gamble if you don’t know what you are doing. Futures trading analysis depends upon many factors in today’s global marketplace. Some of these factors include the changing trends in the weather, reports from market exchanges, and current political news. If you’re going to be a successful futures trader, you need to have and follow a system that will assure you of success.

Speculators trade the futures market for the profit they can gain through predicting the movements in the market. They have no interest in buying or using the commodities in which they speculate. Their interest is in buying the commodity “on paper” and selling it for a profit.

Because successful trading in the futures markets can be so difficult, it is beneficial to have or be using a system designed to take advantage of certain trends in the marketplace. One such system is called the 60 Minute Trader. It was designed by a long-time futures trader who, like many others, figured out how to make successful trades based upon certain market conditions.

The system’s developer, Chris Kobewka, will take you step by step through the very thought processes he personally uses in order to successfully trade the futures market. A few of the things he covers are: understanding the basics of how the market works; how to make money in a bear market; how to trade effectively, commission-free; learn what to trade and why; how to anticipate market trends; and learn about the real factors that drive the markets.

One of the advantages of this trading system is that it utilizes one specific time to trade during the trading day. This allows the trader to make his trade and not be tied down to his computer all day to monitor subsequent trades. The trader gets his trading signals and makes his trades during one part of the day, then he’s done and can go on to take care of other business of the day. For those who wish to utilize it, the system does include a trading method for day trading, though this is not generally recommended for inexperienced traders.

The trading method that Chris teaches is easy to follow and easy to implement. Although using this system may not make you big money, it will, over time, be a consistent winner, getting you in and out of successful trades. As one successful student using the 60 Minutes Trader has said, “This system is the only one that I am currently using and have been doing for the past several months. It works, is fully back testable, and the results are truly amazing.”

To learn more about this futures trading system, you can read a further opinion at Review of the 60 Minute Trader.



CHACKO

Krystal F asked:


I have an MBA in finance, so I consider myself educated on the ins and outs of futures: I know how they work, I understand the pricing of the contracts, and I have some experience in virtual trading of futures (and I have done very well despite one very bad selection on an e-mini Russell 2000 March 2008 contract), etc. I want to start using some real money, but I find myself getting cold feet when it comes to using my hard-earned money given the huge risk involved.

I’ve concentrated on corn, oil, and index futures, which have all returned very high profits in a very short amount of time. For example, in my virtual trading account, I made nearly $6000 in 2 or 3 days on 1 oil futures contract. I realize reality is much different than the virtual world, but can anyone who has real futures trading experience give me some encouragement, tips, or advice????

HUCH

Praveen Ortec asked:


Futures trading are the trading of futures contracts, which gives the holder the ability to buy underlying products for a predetermined price after a definite period of time. These contracts are created mostly for hedging the price uncertainty at the time of product delivery. Futures trading differ from spot trading, in which the trades are completed on the spot. The delivery time of the product is mostly 3 months or 6 months. Futures contracts can be grouped into two broad categories as commodity futures and financial futures.

The trading futures contracts begun in 17th or 18th century in Japan and Holland for agricultural products like rice and wheat. But the first organized futures trading started in Chicago, United states in 1840. In 1848, the first centralized futures trading market came in to being in Chicago called Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, which allowed both spot trading and futures contract trading. The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago later modified its name as Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).

In 19th century the products available for futures trading are common agricultural commodities like wheat, rice, oats etc; also some live stocks and meats. Most of these products are traded across US, from western agricultural lands to eastern populated lands. Later more products such as gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas, heating gas, etc were also become available for trading. With the development of the market the products increased to stock futures and stock index futures. In 1971, with the ending of currency gold standards, CME introduced financial futures for the first time, which soon became the most traded futures item. In 1987 electronic trading of futures started and futures contracts become available to everyone around the world.

All futures contracts are guaranteed by clearing houses and have unalterable contract specifications including delivery time and price of the underlying product. Although both names, futures contracts and forward contracts, are used alternatively, they differ in the trading style. Forward contracts are traded OTC (over the counter) though broker-dealer interactions, which involve price bargaining. But futures contracts are traded by open outcry of screen in public domain or simply through centralized futures markets. Remember unlike options, in futures trading it is mandatory to own/deliver the underlying product at the end of the contract period.

As discussed earlier, there are a variety of products available for futures trading, which are named after the underlying product they have. The most common type of futures is the commodity futures for agricultural, metal, energy, meat and live stock commodities. The financial futures or money futures are the futures contracts which have bonds, treasury notes, and other interest-based assets as underlying product. Stock futures have individual stocks are underlying product, where as stock index futures are meant for hedging stock market fluctuations as a whole. Like wise, currency futures are for individual currencies and index futures are for one group/whole market currencies. Although not a future contract, futures options are also a familiar product which gives the holder the option to buy a contract for a specified price at a specific time.



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Kevin S asked:


Futures rather than Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), but thank you for answering.
Index Futures.

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vangigh asked:


Hi, I’ve been looking for it -_-”
So different from US stock markets.
Well, like the questions
Please recommend internet-based broker that allow me to trade –seeing the live quote– of Japanese and England stock/futures.

thanks a lot

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