Futures Trading Blog

john knee asked:


anyone know good broker on commodities?

LUEBBE

Asmodeus asked:


When you trade futures when do you pay the buy/sell price?
Also…why are the price different for the different months?
And…does the margin price affect your gains or simply your status to trade?

Thanks alot in advance!

HIPOLITO

travis d asked:


Ive never traded before but not exactly a novice to the markets. Looking to trade some etf’s and possibly some futures. Does anyone have a platform they could recommend? Looking to go long and short. Or any books or websites that would help me get started. Just looking to break the ice, little nervous about jumping in.

SHILLINGBURG

bjotnol asked:


For the Russell 2000 e-mini futures, I know the first part of the morning is usually fairly active. What about the rest of the day? Are there certain times of day that generally have higher activity? I’m looking for 2-3 times per day that have higher activity than the rest of the time.

A citation would be very helpful, but please answer even if you don’t have one.

Thanks!

CROWDEN

Carlos G asked:


Calendar spreads with reduced margin?

FERRERO

Doron L asked:


I have been trading the FXCM Micro demo platform and have been doing well. I used to trade futures and was wondering if there is a huge difference in fills from the demo platform to real.

MAINWARING

skahhh asked:


I see this on CNBC every day! They seem to indicate that this could indicate that the stock market would rise on a positive number and fall on a negative number! Is this an indicator or pre market trading or overseas trading? How are they making the predictions for the day? What are they basing it on?

STROUP

junglejoe asked:


What are the odds of a novice making $100,000 on their one and only trade? Would they quit after that 1 trade that worked?

CHOI

mrdanman@sbcglobal.net asked:


I like to watch the CALL and PUT options on the stocks that I own.

Now, because of the World condition and Gasoline prices, I would like to watch the same thing on Crude Oil.

I do not care about Oil Companys, per se, nor do I care about Futures, unless I have to start learning about those.

I am thinking there are CALL and PUT options on CRUDE OIL! What are the symbols?

LAWREY

beeforsalmon asked:


For something like an Interest rates future, does the volume traded and volatility of the future decrease as it gets to the expiration date. For equity futures, volatility and volume increase but for something like interest rates, unless there is a major shock, would traders be more concerned with taking a view on futures in a year or 6 months than trading on one with a week to expiration. Thanks for the help

CATERINA