Trading Futures Education Basics

Futures is an amazing and flexible tool used to capitalize on the markets. Where else do you have the opportunity to make money when the market goes down, or up? Yes, options give you that flexibility, but they are based on the underlying futures. It is important to understand futures first.

-Stephanie Radkay, RDS Trader

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The Importance of Trading Consistent Lot Sizes
By Alla Peters   

As traders we should understand and practice good Money Management techniques. These are not only essential to our trading success but also ensure longevity within our chosen career. Quite often we find traders who are caught up in their success and start to change the lot sizes of their particular trades and find themselves outside the scope of their Trading Plan.

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The Use of Option Gamma
By Dan Passarelli   

The trifecta of option greeks are delta, theta and vega. But the next most important greek is gamma. Options gamma is a one of the so-called second-order options greeks. It is, if you will, a derivative of a derivative. Specifically, it is the rate of change of an option's delta relative to a change in the underlying security.

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Leverage and Margin are not Evil
By Mark Soberman   

What is leverage?

This of leverage as a loan that you can instantly qualify for. No credit checks or proof of employment. Simply open up a Forex account with a broker and bang…you can now control more money than you actually have. I am sure that any of you that have looked at making money through real estate or other investments have heard the term "OPM" which means, other people's money. Stated simply, you are using other people's money to advance your wealth efforts.

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Choosing a Timeframe
By Alla Peters   

The AlphaWaveTrader method is capable of trading on any market and on any timeframe. This freedom does however cause a problem to some traders who are unsure of which timeframe to choose. Their answer lies predominantly in being able to identify what their trading style is and how many hours they wish to dedicate to trading. They may also have differing tolerances to risk or constraints imposed upon them within their daily life. There are considered to be four main timeframes that a trader may opt to trade within and these are detailed as follows:

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Futures, options, and spot currency trading have large potential risk and traders should be well-educated before putting real money at risk. You must be aware of the risks and willing to accept them in order to invest in all markets. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing ones financial security or life style. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. This website is neither a solicitation nor an offer to buy/sell a futures contract or currency.