Futures Trading Blog

smartestmanalive asked:


to their investing group? I have some proven strategies and some unproven trading ideas for both futures and equities.

I currently trade a 100K account but would like to move up to $1-2 Million.

KVAM

Eminidaytrader asked:

Stock Market Futures Technical Analysis SP500, Emini Futures. How would you like day trading the stock market for a living?
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I WILL SHOW YOU A SYSTEMATIC SP500 FUTURES DAY TRADING SYSTEM THAT TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHERE TO BUY RETRACEMENTS IN UPTRENDS AND SELL RETRACEMENTS IN DOWNTRENDS TO THE EXACT BAR. ANY SUCCESSFUL SP500 FUTURES TRADER WILL TELL YOU THAT MAKING MONEY IN THE SP500FUTURES MARKET IS AS SIMPLE AS THE “RUBBER BAND TRADE”. BUYING/SELLING RETRACEMENTS WITH THE INTRADAY TECHNICAL TREND. BEING A 15 YEAR TRADER AND DAY TRADING FOR A LIVING USING THE E-MINI FUTURES MARKETS, I WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY HOW YOU CAN DAYTRADE THE SP500 FUTURES MARKET WITH EXTREME ACCURACY IN ONLY 2 HOURS A DAY. You are now viewing one of the most powerful day trading sp500 futures systems on the market today. It was designed and developed with a single purpose in mind…MAKING MONEY IN THE SP500 FUTURES MARKET. Are you like most daytraders that sit in front of their computers all day and trade 20-30 times a day to only make 1-3 points? After commissions you barely make a profit or end up overtrading and losing for the day. How would you like to trade 2-4 times a day and go after the 5-20 point MONSTER DAYTRADES? These are the trades you dream about. Imagine having a day trading system that consistently spots SP500 FUTURES trades with tight stops. I’TS FINALLY HERE! Welcome to the system that can generate these dream trades every single day.
TRADING PHILOSOPHY
“TRADE WHAT YOU SEE, INSTEAD OF WHAT YOU BELEIVE”. You will now know exactly when to buy/sell the futures market with confidence. Before every trade you will know the exact entry, stop loss and trailing stop loss. Over 15 years of Day Trading the SP500 Futures Market I have developed a day trading system that can capture huge moves in the SP500 with small stops. The key to any successful day trading program is knowing when to pull the trigger, having a pre-determined stop loss and a trailing stop loss so you can cut your losers short and let your winners run. I will teach you a proven Day Trading system that will allow you to buy retracements in uptrends and sell retracements in downtrends-NEVER COUNTER-TREND TRADING. You will be trading what the pros know. So many beginning sp emini futures day traders wash out of the stock market because they counter-trend trade. I will teach you how to day trade with the pros and not counter the market but trade with the smart money. I will teach you the powerful snapback trades(RUBBER-BAND) trades that only a few SP500 Day Traders know.
Here are the CONCRETE rules that you must not break when DAY TRADING the SP500 E-mini market.
1. DAILY CHART-I WILL SHOW YOU TWO MOVING AVERAGES THAT ONLY THE PROS USE. THIS WILL SHOW YOU THE OVERALL DIRECTION OF THE MARKET.
2. LONG-TERM TIME FRAME-TWO MOVING AVERAGES THAT ARE EXTREMLY IMPORTANT ON AN INTRADAY BASIS. ONE AVERAGE(MAGENTA IN VIDEOS) TURNS THE MARKET ON A DIME. THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT MOVING AVERAGE IS THE WHITE STOP LINE. VERY SIMPLE IF YOU ARE ABOVE IT YOU ONLY TAKE LONGS IF YOU ARE BELOW IT ONLY TAKE SHORTS.
3. INTERMEDIATE TICK CHARTS-ONCE YOU KNOW THE BIAS TO BUY OR SELL FOR THE DAY THEN YOU LOOK AT THESE TWO TICK CHARTS FOR RETRACEMENTS OR SNAPBACKS TO FIND AREAS TO SHORT/BUY WITH THE TREND OF THE LONG-TERM TIME FRAME.
4.EXECUTION CHART-KNOWING THE DIRECTION AND AREA IS NOT ENOUGH. YOU WILL KNOW THE EXACT SETUP TO LOOK FOR TO ENTER, EXIT AND WHERE TO PLACE YOUR STOP LOSS WHICH IS ONLY .75-1.25 ON AVERAGE FOR THOSE MONSTER TRADES. THIS SETUP IS VERY SPECIFIC TO THE EXACT BAR.
SUMMARY: I USE THE DAILY CHART FOR MAIN TONE OR DIRECTION OF THE SP500 EMINI FUTURES MARKET. THEN I USE A LONG-TERM ADAPTIVE TIME FRAME TO SHOW ME INTRADAY TO EITHER TAKE LONGS OR SHORTS. THEN I LOOK FOR A RETRACEMENT ON MY INTERMEDIATE TICK CHARTS FOR AREAS OF SUPPORT/RESISTANCE. THEN I USE A SPECIFIC SETUP WITH DIVERGENCE TO ENTER THE MARKET WITH A VERY TIGHT STOP. AFTER ENTRY I USE MONEY MANAGEMENT TO SCALE OUT FOR CHOP DAYS AND A TRAILING STOP FOR TREND DAYS. A COMPLETE POWERFUL FUTURES DAY TRADING SYSTEM!!!!!!
Buy purchasing the book you agree that you will not disclose any of the trade set-ups or any other confidential information obtained from the trading philosophy and settings obtained from Jay Wireman.
No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those charts that are shown. There is a risk of loss in all forms of trading. Futures day trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. This is neither a solicitation nor an offer to buy/sell futures. The book you will be buying is published for educational purposes only. It is up to you to use the
knowledge. Consult a licensed professional about your individual trading. The past performance of any trading system or
methodology is not necessarily indicative of future results

BAE

OV Ace asked:


Do individuals ‘invest’ in futures, or do they ‘trade’ futures? The nomenclature is a little hazy.

RENCHER

Richard Tolar asked:


There is an alarming number of new, and uneducated, commodity traders losing just about everything they own. Why? There are a number of reasons why a new futures trader stands back, scratches his/her head and wonders why their trading account went from thousands of dollars to almost nothing over night.

What happened?

There are actually a number of things that came into play.

1. First and foremost. They believed all the hype that they would become rich over night.

2. They did not buy a good course on how to trade the commodity markets.

3. They picked up some books on trading at the library, or worse, they signed up with a trading forum on the Internet and believed everything the so called experts said about getting rich over night in the futures markets.

4. They did not have a trading plan before they placed a trade. A disaster in the making.

5. They believed everything their broker told them. A NOTE: All brokers are not bad.

So what are new traders supposed to do. How do they keep from losing all their money in their first month as a commodity trader?

There are two very basic ways to learn the craft of trading.

1. Paper trade. Learn what to do before risking a penny.

2. Trade Mini-Futures contracts. Keep any loses to a minimum.

There are multitudes of commodity trading books on how to make money trading futures contracts. However, a person will be hard pressed to find how-to books devoted exclusively to trading Mini-Futures.

The reason I believe is that Mini-Futures lack the glitter and claims to instant wealth found in the more traditional commodity trading manuals.

It’s unfortunate, but an alarming number of new traders will read one or more of the how-to books on commodity trading and jump right in and place a trade order not fully comprehending the real risks involved in trading.

Futures prices can and do make extreme price swings. New traders, because they lack experience, are unprepared to handle the large losses when trading standard futures contracts when prices move suddenly against their position.

Mini-futures are not immune from the same extreme price move. However, the dollar loss is considerably less. Mini futures contracts will let a new trader survive a sudden market shift and have money left in their trading account for the next trading opportunity.

What about limiting your losses with Stop Loss orders?

A Stop Lose is supposed to keep you from having large losses. Right? Not necessarily. There is what is called Daily Limit Moves, known as Limit Move, in futures trading.

A Limit Move means that a commodity price can only change up or down a certain amount during a trading session. When that happens trading stops until whatever caused the drastic price shift changes.

When a commodity makes a limit move against you it can shoot through your stop loss as if it did not exist. If you are unfortunate enough to get stuck in a Limit Move against you that last two, three, or more days you will be wishing you never heard of trading commodities.

This is not an everyday occurrence that you have to lose sleep over, but you need to be aware of it.

Trading futures can be a very profitable way to earn a living if you treat it as a business. Trading in the commodity markets is an extremely high-risk business and as with any business you must first learn the business so you won’t lose everything you own.

Think of it as if you suddenly wanted to be a high wire performer in a circus. You would be in serious trouble if you put on the flashy tights, went up 50 feet and inched your way out on the wire before you learned the craft of tightrope walking a foot off the ground. Fifty feet is a long way to fall without a net to catch you.

Trading in the futures markets, and even the FOREX markets is considered very risky. You must learn how to do it without putting your entire financial world at risk.

When I say risk I mean how much money you stand to lose if a trade goes against you. Your risks are anywhere from 20% to 50% less with mini futures over the more standardized commodity contract.

As an example a 20-cent move against you in corn is $1000 while the same move in the mini corn is only $200. Another great feature of the mini futures markets is the investment required to trade a mini commodity is also 20% to 50% less. A mini wheat contract currently requires about $400 to trade while the full size contract requires more than $1400.

A final note: The FOREX markets also have mini-contracts. But, the same risks apply. This series of articles will hopefully show you how to limit your exposure to a financial disaster.



ROTHERMICH