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 :-)|||This might be what you are looking for.
http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ibg/ma鈥?/a>
Not only U K and Japan but also Hong Kong, Germany, France, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Singapore. Unfortunately India is not represented.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Tax Help: Estimated Taxes Required for Futures Accounts?
I invest in commodity and financial futures and would like to know whether I need to pay quarterly estimates taxes based on appreciation in my account value at the end of each quarter. This investment can be quite volatile so a gain at the end of Quarter 1 may quickly disappear in Quarter 2. I don't want to pay taxes that may be refunded eventually.
Thanks for any help!|||You only have to pay tax on the net results of your trades (gains and losses), not the value of the futures contracts that you hold.|||http://helpabrothaout.info|||You need to get form 2210 and plug your actual numbers into each "quarter"--then pay the amount the IRS will require you to have paid to avoid a penalty. Then when you file for 2008, move the numbers to the 2008 form and file it with your tax return.
Thanks for any help!|||You only have to pay tax on the net results of your trades (gains and losses), not the value of the futures contracts that you hold.|||http://helpabrothaout.info|||You need to get form 2210 and plug your actual numbers into each "quarter"--then pay the amount the IRS will require you to have paid to avoid a penalty. Then when you file for 2008, move the numbers to the 2008 form and file it with your tax return.
What is the difference between futures and call/put options?
Most detailed answer that helps me understand it better, gets best answer. Thank you.|||With a futures contract, both sides of the contract are agreeing to trade at a specific price at a specific date in the future. Therefore the buyer has to buy at that future price unless he sells his side of the contract to someone else and the seller has to sell at that future price unless he sells his side of the contract to someone else.
An option gives one side the right to a price at a future date, they don't have to use that right and can walk away from the trade. Hence a call option is a contract where the person selling the call has the obligation to sell at the stated price in the future but the person buying the call option and hence the right to that specified price in the future doesn't have to go through with the trade if he doesn't want to.|||Full explanation here: http://www.optiontradingpedia.com/differ鈥?/a>
An option gives one side the right to a price at a future date, they don't have to use that right and can walk away from the trade. Hence a call option is a contract where the person selling the call has the obligation to sell at the stated price in the future but the person buying the call option and hence the right to that specified price in the future doesn't have to go through with the trade if he doesn't want to.|||Full explanation here: http://www.optiontradingpedia.com/differ鈥?/a>
What is the difference between futures and options in financial lingo?
I'm interested in learning more about these two forms of financial trading. thanks for some solid info including definitions, possible websites? Thank you.|||Both are standardized contracts that can be traded. They would give you the right to buy and sell a stock or delivery of commodities (grains, fruits, etc.). This is why they call them "derivatives". Both instruments are considered risky and may not be suitable for the novice.
Options: the right to buy (or sell) a stock (or any other financial asset) at any time, before the expiration date. At is inception, it sells (or can be bought) for little, compared to te actual stock price on thecontract. As expiration approaches, its price may rise.
Futures: the right to deliver (or receive delivery) a commodity at a specified date. The price paid is a guaranteed. In this fashion, the farmer knows what he/she will make. So do the manufacturer or retail store. To them, futures is a hedge intrument.
But to many others, futures is a very speculative market. People without any farm (or business at all) create these contracts, as if they actually owned a business. They can't ever deliver or take delivery, because they are just speculators sitting ata a desk. Some sell this contracts to "farmers", giving them a guaranteed price, but hoping the price of grains goes up to flip it (that is, turn aroud and sell it to a true buyer of the commodity, like a supermarket). Others sell a delivery contract the the supermarket, but really are speculators who are lloking for the price of the commodity to fall. They would buy the grain at the recently fallen price and deliver them to the supermarket. (in reallity, they would flip this contract in the trading market).
Hope this helps.|||An option gives you the right to buy or sell something at a agreed price, with a future, if you own it at expiry, you MUST buy or sell at the agreed price. Thus futures are a FAR higher risk than options, but also give far higher profits if done well. Futures are settled on a daily basis, so you cough up or get money on the changing price of the future on a daily basis. Options are only settled at expiry and at the choice of the owner of the option.|||Generally futures is used to refer to commodity trades and options is used to describe options on stocks.
They didn't trade futures on stocks for a number of years, since the '80's but I guess there are a few now. But for the most part the language is used as mentioned.|||The above likes right.
BTW you can by options on Futures as well just to make things a little more complicated.
For web sites: I usually start with Wikopedia but Investopedia can be very help as well.
Options: the right to buy (or sell) a stock (or any other financial asset) at any time, before the expiration date. At is inception, it sells (or can be bought) for little, compared to te actual stock price on thecontract. As expiration approaches, its price may rise.
Futures: the right to deliver (or receive delivery) a commodity at a specified date. The price paid is a guaranteed. In this fashion, the farmer knows what he/she will make. So do the manufacturer or retail store. To them, futures is a hedge intrument.
But to many others, futures is a very speculative market. People without any farm (or business at all) create these contracts, as if they actually owned a business. They can't ever deliver or take delivery, because they are just speculators sitting ata a desk. Some sell this contracts to "farmers", giving them a guaranteed price, but hoping the price of grains goes up to flip it (that is, turn aroud and sell it to a true buyer of the commodity, like a supermarket). Others sell a delivery contract the the supermarket, but really are speculators who are lloking for the price of the commodity to fall. They would buy the grain at the recently fallen price and deliver them to the supermarket. (in reallity, they would flip this contract in the trading market).
Hope this helps.|||An option gives you the right to buy or sell something at a agreed price, with a future, if you own it at expiry, you MUST buy or sell at the agreed price. Thus futures are a FAR higher risk than options, but also give far higher profits if done well. Futures are settled on a daily basis, so you cough up or get money on the changing price of the future on a daily basis. Options are only settled at expiry and at the choice of the owner of the option.|||Generally futures is used to refer to commodity trades and options is used to describe options on stocks.
They didn't trade futures on stocks for a number of years, since the '80's but I guess there are a few now. But for the most part the language is used as mentioned.|||The above likes right.
BTW you can by options on Futures as well just to make things a little more complicated.
For web sites: I usually start with Wikopedia but Investopedia can be very help as well.
What do they mean by fair value of futures and futures present value? How do they come to those figures?
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?|||Normally, S%26amp;P futures trade at a price in sync with the S%26amp;P index because if they didn't, someone could buy the cheaper and sell the more expensive for a guaranteed profit.
In the morning, S%26amp;P futures are trading in Chicago before the stock market opens in New York. If the futures are trading below the price of the index calculated from the previous day's closing prices, they are said to be trading "below fair market value". This inverse applies, too.
The reason this is an indicator of how the market will open is that a lot of institutions will sell/buy futures to get rid of/take on market exposure before the market opens. When they can do stocks, they will offset their futures position and move the position to stocks.|||Hi
Just to add, is there a way to know which direction the index will close?
|||To calculate fair value you take the cash future add on the days interest (to expiry) less any dividends from the underlying stocks. Any varience from this is due to supply/demand of the future and may or may not indicate where the market is going. You will see the DJ future will go from + to - during pre market hours and vice versa.|||no one knows !
i think the monkey does it !|||please read the stock market books and watch the all global markets|||Fair value is the theoretical assumption of where a futures contract should be priced given such things as the current index level, index dividends, days to expiration and interest rates. The actual futures price will not necessarily trade at the theoretical price, as short-term supply and demand will cause price to fluctuate around fair value. Price discrepancies above or below fair value should cause arbitrageurs to return the market closer to its fair value.
The following formula is used to calculate fair value for stock index futures:
= cash [1+r (x/365)] - Dividends
This example shows how to calculate fair value for S%26amp;P 500庐 futures:
Sept S%26amp;P 500 futures price = 1157.00 pts
S%26amp;P 500 cash index = 1146.00 pts
Interest rate = 5.7%
Dividends to expiration of futures = 3.42 pts
(converted to S%26amp;P points)
Days to expiration of Dec. futures = 78 days
Fair Value of futures = Cash [1+r (x/365)] - Dividends
= 1146 [1+.057 (78/365)] - 3.42
1156.54
Amount of futures overpricing = 1157.00 - 1156.54
.46 pts
In the morning, S%26amp;P futures are trading in Chicago before the stock market opens in New York. If the futures are trading below the price of the index calculated from the previous day's closing prices, they are said to be trading "below fair market value". This inverse applies, too.
The reason this is an indicator of how the market will open is that a lot of institutions will sell/buy futures to get rid of/take on market exposure before the market opens. When they can do stocks, they will offset their futures position and move the position to stocks.|||Hi
Just to add, is there a way to know which direction the index will close?
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|||To calculate fair value you take the cash future add on the days interest (to expiry) less any dividends from the underlying stocks. Any varience from this is due to supply/demand of the future and may or may not indicate where the market is going. You will see the DJ future will go from + to - during pre market hours and vice versa.|||no one knows !
i think the monkey does it !|||please read the stock market books and watch the all global markets|||Fair value is the theoretical assumption of where a futures contract should be priced given such things as the current index level, index dividends, days to expiration and interest rates. The actual futures price will not necessarily trade at the theoretical price, as short-term supply and demand will cause price to fluctuate around fair value. Price discrepancies above or below fair value should cause arbitrageurs to return the market closer to its fair value.
The following formula is used to calculate fair value for stock index futures:
= cash [1+r (x/365)] - Dividends
This example shows how to calculate fair value for S%26amp;P 500庐 futures:
Sept S%26amp;P 500 futures price = 1157.00 pts
S%26amp;P 500 cash index = 1146.00 pts
Interest rate = 5.7%
Dividends to expiration of futures = 3.42 pts
(converted to S%26amp;P points)
Days to expiration of Dec. futures = 78 days
Fair Value of futures = Cash [1+r (x/365)] - Dividends
= 1146 [1+.057 (78/365)] - 3.42
1156.54
Amount of futures overpricing = 1157.00 - 1156.54
.46 pts
Do you need to fill out a FAFSA to get Bright Futures?
My school site says I need to fill out a FAFSA and some loan forms, but I don't think I need to because I already have a Bright Futures scholarship. I'm waiting for them to respond to my email, but I thought I would ask you guys since you may have encountered the same problem.|||If you are only interested in receiving the Bright Futures scholarship, then you do not complete the FAFSA (Free Application For Student Aid - http://www.fafsa.ed.gov).
However, if you would like the financial aid staff at your school to consider you for any other financial aid awards for which you may be eligible, then you will need to complete the FAFSA application. For example, some schools have their own grant/scholarship funds for just their own students. If your school has such funds and if you choose not to complete and submit the FAFSA, then your school will not consider you for any such awards.
Also, you may get a faster reply (and definitely will be able to hold a conversation) if you telephone the financial aid office of your school and ask your question (and any others) of a real person. :-)
Best wishes
However, if you would like the financial aid staff at your school to consider you for any other financial aid awards for which you may be eligible, then you will need to complete the FAFSA application. For example, some schools have their own grant/scholarship funds for just their own students. If your school has such funds and if you choose not to complete and submit the FAFSA, then your school will not consider you for any such awards.
Also, you may get a faster reply (and definitely will be able to hold a conversation) if you telephone the financial aid office of your school and ask your question (and any others) of a real person. :-)
Best wishes
What is a futures market without risk-taking speculators providing hedges to suppliers & consumers of oil ?
Do any of you really understand what is the speculators/traders role in S%26amp;D commodity markets? Why villify them and not the commodity cartels like OPEC?|||Why vilify? I'm not vilifying them. They are putting themself out there in that manner. It is the speculators. I'm also sure in the end they will pay for their actions. Cornering the market is still a crime. The U.S went after Martha Stewart for acting in a manner that is common practice to investors. They nailed her trying to restrict her to the proverbial glass ceiling. These speculators are actually hurting people in their actions. I'm anxious to see who does what for their blatant misuse of the market.
What is the most volatile time of the week for corn futures?
Are there any weekly reports for corn futures on cbot that lead to high volatility?|||There's a weekly crop progress report (releasedMonday afternoons) and a monthly crop report. While I haven't studied the volatility statistics, if you look at a chart of July Corn for the last year, I think you'll see that the days with the largest price moves are usually Mondays and Tuesdays.
How does commodity/futures trading with orange juice work?
I am confused on the trading of orange juice, or frozen orange juice. I know speculators are there to just trade with no intention with taking delivery. However are large orange juice companies/manufacturers purchasing orange juice? I ask because i may work on a paper that revolves around the the commodity market bringing foods such as oj to areas like where i live (durango,co) year round. Where we have no citrus trees at all, but we constantly have shelves stocked with oj. So is the commodity market responsible for making this juice available year round?|||If you have some free time, I recommend watching Wall Street Warriors (Its on Hulu.com). There's one individual in the show that trades on the orange juice floor in NYC.
To answer your question, yes. Representatives of large companies buy a spot on the floor and look to buy up tranches of orange juice at the lowest price. Let's say Hurricane Bobby is approaching the coast of Florida - a company will want to lock in orange juice now while prices are lower and before supply is cut.
I'm not really sure if any of this helps. I'll see if I can find some other resources for you.|||Here are a few helpful resources re OJ futures.
https://www.theice.com/productguide/ProductDetails.shtml?specId=30
CFTC Committment of Traders
http://www.cftc.gov/dea/futures/deanybtlf.htm
To answer your question, yes. Representatives of large companies buy a spot on the floor and look to buy up tranches of orange juice at the lowest price. Let's say Hurricane Bobby is approaching the coast of Florida - a company will want to lock in orange juice now while prices are lower and before supply is cut.
I'm not really sure if any of this helps. I'll see if I can find some other resources for you.|||Here are a few helpful resources re OJ futures.
https://www.theice.com/productguide/ProductDetails.shtml?specId=30
CFTC Committment of Traders
http://www.cftc.gov/dea/futures/deanybtlf.htm
Is it possible to sign up for ITF events and futures?
I'm a pretty good 14 year old player, and I know that I probably won't be on the tour off the bat, or even at all (just being realisitic) and I found ipin, a tennis membership site. I know I'm not ready to be in itfs yet, but is it possible to sign up for qualifying at an itf event? Or futures? If not, how do you do it? Thanks.|||Just go to the website (http://www.itftennis.com/mens/) and click on the tournament that you want to sign up for and sign up. Once you're on the website you can browse around and do it.
Does florida bright futures work out of state?
i know it sounds like a dumb question but i heard some colleges out of florida accept the florida bright futures scholarship.
is this true?, im hoping to go to college in california. does anyone have a list of colleges in california that accept it?|||No. You can only use florida state it in the state of Florida at florida colleges. They don't like sending state tax payers money to other states, even if it's California.|||I have Bright futures and if the school accepts, you can have your Bright futures work out of state aswell.|||check out their website
is this true?, im hoping to go to college in california. does anyone have a list of colleges in california that accept it?|||No. You can only use florida state it in the state of Florida at florida colleges. They don't like sending state tax payers money to other states, even if it's California.|||I have Bright futures and if the school accepts, you can have your Bright futures work out of state aswell.|||check out their website
What managed futures fund would you recommend?
I'm looking for a managed futures fund that is available for someone with $25K to invest. A link would be appreciated...|||Go to http://elitetrader.com and post your question in that forum. You'll get more qualified replies there than you will get from this one.|||I'd recommend one that wasn't recommended to you by people on Yahoo Answers. :-)
Will taking summer classes at another college help boost my gpa so that I can keep bright futures?
Want to know if its worth it? or does bright futures offer a probation period when they don't immediately take it away?|||http://www.ucas.com/
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Where can I view stock market changes and futures changes in real time without having to continually refresh?
Where can I view stock market changes and futures changes in real time without having to continually refresh my screen to see the update?|||Not sure but, All i know is that panic gripped Wall Street after a dismal US retail sales report reminded investors that consumer spending -- which accounts for the bulk of US economic activity -- is declining sharply.
|||To get any real time data you're going to have to pay a fee, or have a large enough account / engaging in enough trades volume to get the service for free - such as Active Trader Pro from Fidelity
|||To get any real time data you're going to have to pay a fee, or have a large enough account / engaging in enough trades volume to get the service for free - such as Active Trader Pro from Fidelity
What is the difference between options and futures?
I'm kind of unclear about that. Options supposedly give you the right to buy an asset at a set price, while an owner of a future's contract is obligated to buy or sell. So basically if you have an option it does not seem that you have to buy. So if you don't have to buy or sell, then why is it that 80% of all option traders lose money?|||Most option contracts written are what are called out of the money options. That is the price of the security is say $30. The option is written to buy at $32, for 3 months. If the price does not rise to $32 plus the price of the option then it looses money. Even if it is written in the money it is written at a healthy premium, so it still may loose money.|||One guarantees you will lose money eventually, and the other eventually guarantees you will lose money, I forget which is which...
Futures %26amp; Options trading (unlike investing) is just GAMBLING.... more information is legally available about horses, so if you want to gamble, bet on a horse race! Your odds are better...|||Hi, here is a collection of informative articles about investing. a free online investing tutorial for you.
http://www.investingtutorial.info/
good luck !
wish you make fortune from investing !|||That's not quite accurate. A futures contract may require you to purchase or take delivery of the underlying asset (such as a bunch of barrels of oil or bushels of wheat). Options, when purchased, give the buyer the right to buy or sell the underlying at the strike price, but when sold short, they obligate the seller to buy/sell the underlying at the strike price.
I'm not sure where the 80% of all options traders figure comes from, but I'd assume it comes more from how often novice traders try to trade options without understanding how they work. There are a lot of different factors that affect an option's value, including the movement of the underlying asset, time remaining, implied volatility, and other factors. One of the most common mistakes in my understanding has to do with how options are "wasting assets," that is, they eventually expire and lose a bit of their value with each passing day. Many novice traders buy short-term options with too little time left to expiration and hope their cheaply-priced option will explode in value as their underlying asset goes up a zillion points, yet they instead lose because their option was so close to expiration that all the time value leaked out of it, leaving them with with worthless options after they'd paid money to get into the position.
Frankly, I'd imagine that statistically, 90%+ of all option traders lose money. Option trading isn't simple, and many novice traders don't want to take the time or effort to understand how they work.
For the record, futures trading is arguably even riskier, since futures contracts often see explosive volatility, and because futures are commonly traded as leveraged instruments, it's often possible to lose more money in a futures trade than one puts into it initially as the underlying asset (oil, wheat, bonds, whatever) continues to move against the trader.
If you're interested in trading either, I would strongly, strongly suggest you get a good education. There are a handful of reputable outfits out there that teach this stuff and many scam operations out there, unfortunately. You can also get some good information reading books from MacMillan (Options as a Strategic Investment) and Teweles/Jones (The Futures Game: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why).
Futures %26amp; Options trading (unlike investing) is just GAMBLING.... more information is legally available about horses, so if you want to gamble, bet on a horse race! Your odds are better...|||Hi, here is a collection of informative articles about investing. a free online investing tutorial for you.
http://www.investingtutorial.info/
good luck !
wish you make fortune from investing !|||That's not quite accurate. A futures contract may require you to purchase or take delivery of the underlying asset (such as a bunch of barrels of oil or bushels of wheat). Options, when purchased, give the buyer the right to buy or sell the underlying at the strike price, but when sold short, they obligate the seller to buy/sell the underlying at the strike price.
I'm not sure where the 80% of all options traders figure comes from, but I'd assume it comes more from how often novice traders try to trade options without understanding how they work. There are a lot of different factors that affect an option's value, including the movement of the underlying asset, time remaining, implied volatility, and other factors. One of the most common mistakes in my understanding has to do with how options are "wasting assets," that is, they eventually expire and lose a bit of their value with each passing day. Many novice traders buy short-term options with too little time left to expiration and hope their cheaply-priced option will explode in value as their underlying asset goes up a zillion points, yet they instead lose because their option was so close to expiration that all the time value leaked out of it, leaving them with with worthless options after they'd paid money to get into the position.
Frankly, I'd imagine that statistically, 90%+ of all option traders lose money. Option trading isn't simple, and many novice traders don't want to take the time or effort to understand how they work.
For the record, futures trading is arguably even riskier, since futures contracts often see explosive volatility, and because futures are commonly traded as leveraged instruments, it's often possible to lose more money in a futures trade than one puts into it initially as the underlying asset (oil, wheat, bonds, whatever) continues to move against the trader.
If you're interested in trading either, I would strongly, strongly suggest you get a good education. There are a handful of reputable outfits out there that teach this stuff and many scam operations out there, unfortunately. You can also get some good information reading books from MacMillan (Options as a Strategic Investment) and Teweles/Jones (The Futures Game: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why).
Where can you buy one-time forex futures contract?
I am planning to attend university in Britain next year, but I currently get paid in USD. I want to take advantage of the low USD-GBP exchange rate to buy a one-time futures contract so that when I actually have my money in USD in 9 months, I can buy GBP at a guaranteed rate. I am planning to convert about $20k. Where would be the best place to buy this contract, any idea about how much it can cost (hundreds? thousands)? thanks.|||Hi there,
Opening up an account with SaxoBank, It's a international bank.
Use their trading platform on forex options.
Long a PUT Options on GBP/USD for 9 months and the premium is 0.105 .
0.105 : 20,000 X 0.105 = $2100
Opening up an account with SaxoBank, It's a international bank.
Use their trading platform on forex options.
Long a PUT Options on GBP/USD for 9 months and the premium is 0.105 .
0.105 : 20,000 X 0.105 = $2100
Question about margin requirements for Eurodollar futures?
What is the current (ballpark%) margin requirement to take a position in Eurodollar futures?|||$878 per contract, which is just over 35 basis points. Contract value is $1,000,000.
Can you get banned from the futures market if you don't meet a margin call?
Can you get banned from the futures market if you don't meet a margin call?|||If you don't meet the call they can close out your position. If that leave a negative balance and you don't pay, then they can blacklist you and sue you.|||Thank you for the answer.
|||You bet. Your position can be closed and you will owe the broker any remaining shortage. They will take you to court to collect if needed. You will be reported through Checkex so other brokers won't deal with you.
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|||You bet. Your position can be closed and you will owe the broker any remaining shortage. They will take you to court to collect if needed. You will be reported through Checkex so other brokers won't deal with you.
How long does the US futures trade?
DJ, S%26amp;P, Nasdaq futures, how long does it trade after the mkt closes at 4pmEST?|||been trading poorly lately merci a the republicans in office.
vote obama/biden for a better tomorrow!
vote obama/biden for a better tomorrow!
Can I establish my own Futures Market Database by manually typing in price feeds and allow general public use?
Currently I am in the process of establishment so I want to minimize my costs. I do not have exact idea about the rules so I request the person who knows about it. I am not in position to pay heavy costs for Commodity Futures Market Data. I want to feed it into my database manually and then develop a technical analysis software that will take End of Day Data from my database. I want to make available that application/technical analysis software to general public free of cost.
Anybody knows that can I establish my own database like this and then make it available to general public for use for free?
That Java application will be emeded into my web site and SQL Sever will act as the backend tool to keep the full data.|||I'm afraid there is no way you could keep up with the volume of data coming in during the trading day if you tried to type prices in manually. There are just too many coming in. As you know, the Exchanges charge heavily for access to 'live' trading data. They back that data up with licences, if they find you are putting the data through analysis software they will come after you with lawyers. They don't care whether you're charging or not.
End of Day data is easier to get hold of, most Exchanges will allow you to download it direct from their websites for free. In theory you could develop your own technical analysis software, but the Exchanges are likely to tie you into a legal agreement. Also, you will be up against dozens of large companies who provide the same service on a much bigger scale. If you manage to develop software that does something new (and patent your development!) you might be able to take them on.
They charge for their product, but are likely to offer SLA level reliability and support guarantees that you will not be able to match as a sole trader.|||Go to www.ino.com
It is free, has all of the data you want and you can probably get some ideas from them by looking over their website.
You could also go to each of the exchanges (ie. CME,CBOT, NYBOT, NYFE, etc.) and get their end of day data and incorporate it into your website.
Anybody knows that can I establish my own database like this and then make it available to general public for use for free?
That Java application will be emeded into my web site and SQL Sever will act as the backend tool to keep the full data.|||I'm afraid there is no way you could keep up with the volume of data coming in during the trading day if you tried to type prices in manually. There are just too many coming in. As you know, the Exchanges charge heavily for access to 'live' trading data. They back that data up with licences, if they find you are putting the data through analysis software they will come after you with lawyers. They don't care whether you're charging or not.
End of Day data is easier to get hold of, most Exchanges will allow you to download it direct from their websites for free. In theory you could develop your own technical analysis software, but the Exchanges are likely to tie you into a legal agreement. Also, you will be up against dozens of large companies who provide the same service on a much bigger scale. If you manage to develop software that does something new (and patent your development!) you might be able to take them on.
They charge for their product, but are likely to offer SLA level reliability and support guarantees that you will not be able to match as a sole trader.|||Go to www.ino.com
It is free, has all of the data you want and you can probably get some ideas from them by looking over their website.
You could also go to each of the exchanges (ie. CME,CBOT, NYBOT, NYFE, etc.) and get their end of day data and incorporate it into your website.
What are the futures and prospects will I get if I choose to be a comic artist?
Basically, I don't have any skills, experiences and qualifications of a comic artist. I want to be one of the most leading comic artist in the world. Anyone can tell me, is the future of becoming a comic artist bright? What do I need in order to pursue this career? All opinions are welcomed. Even experienced comic artist too. Thanks.|||First of all, have a big dream, crystallise it, set up short term goals. Undergo vigorous training. Show your talents infront of a leading director, get a comic role, put all out efforts to give the best performance; then you will be in the limelight. This may be for a shorter period, but you can take up film producer/film director role and make enourmous money, and earn good name in the industry.|||If you can get in to one of the major comic houses like Marvel or DC, then your future is pretty bright. Most comic book artist move on to become writers as well. Then, it's an easy jump from comic book artist to screenwriter, because the formats are very similar. Tighten up your drawing skills, sharpen your writing and understanding of grammar and you should be on your way.
Which schools have futures trading courses with commodity seminars from professional futures traders ?
I'm a graduated student about business administration . Now I'm looking for some futures trading courses with commodity seminars and day future trading seminars from renowned professional futures traders.Do U know where teach options trading courses that will give me the trading mindset of being a pro-trader ?||| hi My friend! i don't know how long you have been graduated about business administration. i also don't know where you live now, therefore, it seem to be hard for me to give you good advices. however, i have some advices for you to consider as below:
1. how much time you tend to spend per day for your study ( b/c most of graduated students have to spend time for working and get experiences) if you don't go to work now, just go to the university that closed to you and register a course about trading. i believe that there are a lot of Professional futures traders inside.
2. in the case you go to work now, it means you don't have much time to attend in class. you can register an online course about trading. do you know Larry Levin, a Pro trader who have generated more than $1,900,000.00 in just the past 4 years trading S%26amp;P futures. He also provides online course about futures trading. So, if you want to study at home, just go to Google Search, then type the keyword:
"futures trading seminar from Larry" or other keywords similar like that, you can get a list of links that lead you to his courses. finally, you can choose the best one for you.
good luck! |||There are so many schools and companies provides trading courses and trading seminars.
Before start anything search more on internet about trading courses and collect more information.
www.savitrading.com
|||Being a profitable trader is one of hottest job nowadays.you can join in options trading courses where there are a lot of tips, tricks, strategies shared by most successful trader in the world. and you can find them in this site:
http://www.sotseminar.com
1. how much time you tend to spend per day for your study ( b/c most of graduated students have to spend time for working and get experiences) if you don't go to work now, just go to the university that closed to you and register a course about trading. i believe that there are a lot of Professional futures traders inside.
2. in the case you go to work now, it means you don't have much time to attend in class. you can register an online course about trading. do you know Larry Levin, a Pro trader who have generated more than $1,900,000.00 in just the past 4 years trading S%26amp;P futures. He also provides online course about futures trading. So, if you want to study at home, just go to Google Search, then type the keyword:
"futures trading seminar from Larry" or other keywords similar like that, you can get a list of links that lead you to his courses. finally, you can choose the best one for you.
good luck! |||There are so many schools and companies provides trading courses and trading seminars.
Before start anything search more on internet about trading courses and collect more information.
www.savitrading.com
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http://www.sotseminar.com
Florida Bright Futures, If do not take classes during the summer, Will I still have scholarship in the fall?
If I do not sign up for classes for the summer term, will I lose my Bright Futures when registering for class in the fall term?|||The school year is typically defined as 2 semesters. Summer is "in addition to" your regular terms.
Bright Futures requires that you have 24 hours per YEAR.
If you had less than that, then you would need to take summer classes. However, you cannot get $$$ during summer term.
ALso, you must re-apply for Bright Futures every year. It is not automatic!
Bright Futures requires that you have 24 hours per YEAR.
If you had less than that, then you would need to take summer classes. However, you cannot get $$$ during summer term.
ALso, you must re-apply for Bright Futures every year. It is not automatic!
If you were to make a major investment how would you use futures?
Assume that the yield curve is strongly upward sloping and you believe that yields are at very low levels in September 2011. How would you use interest rate futures to hedge a prospective borrowing of funds in nine months? If you were to make a major investment in nine months, how would you use futures?|||Depends on the borrowing that you wanted to do. If you believed that interest rates were going to go up, you would short June 2012 Eurodollar futures which would lock in an interest rate for 3 months. If you needed to borrow money for longer than that you could short also a Sept 2012 ED future and lock in interest rates for 6 months, and so on.
For the investment part, I would buy a June 2012 futures contract in whatever I was going to invest in in 9 months.
For the investment part, I would buy a June 2012 futures contract in whatever I was going to invest in in 9 months.
Can you buy Treasury Bonds and hedge with futures against price drops?
Without losing most of the Bonds interests (coupon), to the futures hedge?|||Yes, you could sell Treasury futures to hedge your long position in bonds. This would have no effect on the interest payments on the bonds you hold -- they will stay constant for the term of the bond (20 to 30 years). However, there's a great deal of risk in this hedge -- if bond prices rise, you would rapidly lose money on your futures contract -- probably a lot more money than you would make in interest on the bonds.
Does anybody have the number of the guy who taught Hillary how to trade cattle futures?
I need some quick, risk-free cash and figured trading cattle futures is the way to go since Hillary scored so well.|||James B. Blair, counsel to Tyson
Robert L. "Red" Bone
apparently blair did quite a bit of stuff for the clintons over the years, and of course the clintons paid him back.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.ht鈥?/a>
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.h鈥?/a>|||I didn't know cows had any future....off to the butchers now...shooo.....|||I would like to know if her walmart board of directors job is open. She was for buying stuff in china when walmart advertised "buy american" 1986-1992
I will give you the futures on cows. They will skyrocket just like chicken, beef, pork everything froms eggs, milk or basically everything in a grocery store thanks a poor energy source ethanol.|||McMurphy, hee hee. You've been around a while? You know and I know in the futures market, that's impossible? She just walked away unscathed. She arrogantly spent time and money pushing her health care plan. Didn't listen to anybody. That was kind of okay. What got me is how a huge financial state like New York would just put a first timer in as one of their senators. Unbelievable? Didn't even live there. Couldn't find anybody in the whole state?? I'm very much against GW and Dick. I think their scum, with dragging us into Iraq. That was some kind of ego play. Still I wouldn't vote for Hillary. Guess I'll just have to sit this next one out??
Robert L. "Red" Bone
apparently blair did quite a bit of stuff for the clintons over the years, and of course the clintons paid him back.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.ht鈥?/a>
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.h鈥?/a>|||I didn't know cows had any future....off to the butchers now...shooo.....|||I would like to know if her walmart board of directors job is open. She was for buying stuff in china when walmart advertised "buy american" 1986-1992
I will give you the futures on cows. They will skyrocket just like chicken, beef, pork everything froms eggs, milk or basically everything in a grocery store thanks a poor energy source ethanol.|||McMurphy, hee hee. You've been around a while? You know and I know in the futures market, that's impossible? She just walked away unscathed. She arrogantly spent time and money pushing her health care plan. Didn't listen to anybody. That was kind of okay. What got me is how a huge financial state like New York would just put a first timer in as one of their senators. Unbelievable? Didn't even live there. Couldn't find anybody in the whole state?? I'm very much against GW and Dick. I think their scum, with dragging us into Iraq. That was some kind of ego play. Still I wouldn't vote for Hillary. Guess I'll just have to sit this next one out??
Im interested in futures trading but dont understand terminologies?
Im interested in futures trading but dont understand terminologies. Things like high and low leverage, speculative stocks, rights, puts and calls, new issues and "penny stocks". Plus a lot more. Is there and good book for explaining terminologies and the like in regards to futures trading. Thanks|||There is nothing wrong with not knowing or understanding the terminologies, but at this point you should not be trading futures they are high leverage and the futures traders will gladly take whatever money your willing to give them. Paper trading is what you want to do lots of free trials out there. There is also tons of info on the internet about futures trading. Google it.|||AIG was be a best stock to invest if you plan to invest for a long term, because AIG is too big to fail and beside AIG no longer need government bailout money. if you invest in AIG are now you returning profit is 10-30 times in 3-5 years.
How do you go about trading futures and commodities?
Is there an easy way or any website like Etrade that lets you trade futures?|||There are many brokers to use but they cannot make your decisions for you, a broker is usually only interested in making the commission from your trading, don't expect any good advice there. find out what they charge per contract in commissions. online brokers will give you better deals, go with one you are comfortable with.
I suggest you do some real homework before beginning in this business. there is much risk if you don't know what you are doing. the market will take your cash and never blink.
there are few who actually make profits and the ones who do have studied the field and their chosen markets in depth.
good luck.|||get chart on stockcharts.com
I suggest you do some real homework before beginning in this business. there is much risk if you don't know what you are doing. the market will take your cash and never blink.
there are few who actually make profits and the ones who do have studied the field and their chosen markets in depth.
good luck.|||get chart on stockcharts.com
Is spread betting similar to futures trading?
I want to know in your opinion in what ways you think that spread betting is similar to futures trading, and which one would be best recommended for someone who lives in the UK to trade stock market indices, commodities and shares?|||Spread betting and futures are similar but with spread bets you can deal in smaller sizes. Futures and options are mainly traded in the USA while spread betting is more popular in the UK and Ireland (in fact, in the land of the free, Uncle Sam makes it illegal to trade spread bets for a USA resident)|||I'm not sure what you don't understand about futures trading, you don't say. You can ask anything about futures here.
But we don't have spread betting in the US, so not many people are going to be familiar with it. It is highly leveraged, like futures, and leverage is a killer.
Ask about spread betting on the UK site:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/;_ylt=AomMLS鈥?/a>
But we don't have spread betting in the US, so not many people are going to be familiar with it. It is highly leveraged, like futures, and leverage is a killer.
Ask about spread betting on the UK site:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/;_ylt=AomMLS鈥?/a>
Why is there so much American capital in Asia and things like futures?
Conservatives insist that tax cuts for the wealthy means more capital to be invested; thus creating jobs.
If so, then why under the current tax cuts for the wealthy is there so much money overseas? And so much money chasing other money in complex investment products? A futures market? People need jobs and there's money to bet on the outcomes of other bets?
How does any of this make sense?|||You can't stop globalization. It's the way of the future.|||People who have money want to hold onto it, first of all. That means don't lose principal. When people have money to invest, they go where they have the best chance of meeting their goals of earnings and safety.
Because of all the government rules, regulations and taxes in the US some people may be forced to go elsewhere.
The goals of most are maximize profits while minimizing risk. Creating jobs is not a goal. Supporting others is not a goal. Certainly paying confiscatory taxes is not a goal of a savvy investor.|||A smart investor knows that the greatest returns are in fast developing areas, such as Asia. GM now sells more cars in China than US. The idea of US tax cuts are to make domestic investments more attractive. It doesn't mean all the funds will remain in US, but some will. And the theory that the rich just sit on money is ridicules. We always want to invest in growth opportunities. The reason so much capital is on the sidelines is due to uncertainty in the US. One thing is certain- raising taxes will not spur domestic investment and job growth, that's a no-brainer.|||It's a Global Economy now - sorry, you haven't heard about the latest trends..............
Government policies have screwed Americans once again.
@ tax increases are only a temporary fix for things - somehow jobs need to be created but the Global Governmental policies are already in place - I think America is screwed long term.
I do not think jobs will ever come back - Increasing taxes may help for awhile but even the rich will not let that happen forever - they will take their money elsewhere.|||Yes, that money will create jobs, in China and India.
What we should do:
Tax cut for middle class, tax increase for rich. With tax cuts, the middle class will buy more from the rich. In turn, the rich will hire more people.
Both the middle class and rich will get richer, and the jobs will be in america.
Economist nobel prize please!|||Well, being a FUTURES trader, and rich, I can say CHINA and the CHINESE have a much smarter population when it comes to investing than the average U.S. Citizen which does not even know what FUTURES means.
So, how many of you know what FUTURES mean?
Stocks?
Bonds?
What are they to all you political wizards.
So, that is my answer. American IGNORANCE which I have used to get rich sitting on my computer.|||Liberals like Pelosi, Reid and Obama have made life so caustic and uncertain for investors, that - with the click of a mouse - the rich send their money overseas
its really sad how Liberals are destroying America|||There is so much money overseas because thats where obamas stimulus money went|||It's simple - Asia has positive growth.|||I have my money in pasts.|||Because we still haven't ended FREE TRADE.
The USA became a prosperous nation 100 years ago because we were the king of globalization.
What is happening today? Jobs leaving the USA, entire factories are shutting down and moving to foreign countries.
100 years ago, entire factories were moving to the USA. That's what caused that huge wave of immigration, because the factory owners often brought all their workers with them, paying their way in steerage on a steamer ship.
Why?
Tariffs. Tariffs on imports were the main source of revenues for the federal government. Income tax was unconstitutional until 1913, when Congress passed the Sixteenth Amendment. So tariffs were paying for most of the federal budget before then.
Tariffs raised the prices of imported goods, and it was harder for foreign factories to compete. So they moved their factories here, to avoid paying the tariff.
Tariffs were the successful way of managing globalization, and it turned the global economy in our favor. We became an indudstrial superpower exporter in 1880, and we became a creditor nation in 1914, because of 100 years of tariffs.
Tariffs also eliminated slavery. Look up the Tariff of 1828. Slave states hated tariffs. Slavery was holding us back, we had to abolish slavery before we became prosperous.
We ended tariffs in 1913 and replaced them with income tax, because exporters should not have tariffs. Once you reach that level of prosperity, you become vulnerable to retaliation from your customer nations. That's why the Smoot-Hawley tariff backfired in 1930. We were still an exporter, and other nations retaliated.
But that all ended when we lost our trade surplus in 1980, and we became a debtor nation again in 1988.
It was time to go back to tariffs during the 1980's. But the wealthy Wall Street Journal types were salivating over the idea of opening sweatshops in emerging Asian nations, so they raised the bogeyman of Smoot-Hawley to scare us away from tariffs.
The result has been an economy spiraling out of control. Our trade deficit is now equal to our total exports, which is more than ever in our entire history. We send out a trillion dollars a year on our trade deficit, which adds a trillion dollars of debt to our current account balance every year. The national personal savings rate was 4% in 1930, and it peaked at 10% in 1980. Today it is negative.
Our economy is now in crisis, unemployment is hovering around 10%, and our government is racking up staggering debts, from wars and stimulus giveaways that will never be paid back by the recipients. That means higher taxes in the future, which will only push us down deeper into the pit.
Free trade is making us a beggar nation.
Tariffs made us a prosperous nation.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what we're doing wrong.
Source(s):
World Almanac 2009
Tariff of 1789, 1790, 1792, 1816, 1824, 1828, 1832, 1833, 1842, 1857, 1883
Revenue Act of 1894, 1913
Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
If so, then why under the current tax cuts for the wealthy is there so much money overseas? And so much money chasing other money in complex investment products? A futures market? People need jobs and there's money to bet on the outcomes of other bets?
How does any of this make sense?|||You can't stop globalization. It's the way of the future.|||People who have money want to hold onto it, first of all. That means don't lose principal. When people have money to invest, they go where they have the best chance of meeting their goals of earnings and safety.
Because of all the government rules, regulations and taxes in the US some people may be forced to go elsewhere.
The goals of most are maximize profits while minimizing risk. Creating jobs is not a goal. Supporting others is not a goal. Certainly paying confiscatory taxes is not a goal of a savvy investor.|||A smart investor knows that the greatest returns are in fast developing areas, such as Asia. GM now sells more cars in China than US. The idea of US tax cuts are to make domestic investments more attractive. It doesn't mean all the funds will remain in US, but some will. And the theory that the rich just sit on money is ridicules. We always want to invest in growth opportunities. The reason so much capital is on the sidelines is due to uncertainty in the US. One thing is certain- raising taxes will not spur domestic investment and job growth, that's a no-brainer.|||It's a Global Economy now - sorry, you haven't heard about the latest trends..............
Government policies have screwed Americans once again.
@ tax increases are only a temporary fix for things - somehow jobs need to be created but the Global Governmental policies are already in place - I think America is screwed long term.
I do not think jobs will ever come back - Increasing taxes may help for awhile but even the rich will not let that happen forever - they will take their money elsewhere.|||Yes, that money will create jobs, in China and India.
What we should do:
Tax cut for middle class, tax increase for rich. With tax cuts, the middle class will buy more from the rich. In turn, the rich will hire more people.
Both the middle class and rich will get richer, and the jobs will be in america.
Economist nobel prize please!|||Well, being a FUTURES trader, and rich, I can say CHINA and the CHINESE have a much smarter population when it comes to investing than the average U.S. Citizen which does not even know what FUTURES means.
So, how many of you know what FUTURES mean?
Stocks?
Bonds?
What are they to all you political wizards.
So, that is my answer. American IGNORANCE which I have used to get rich sitting on my computer.|||Liberals like Pelosi, Reid and Obama have made life so caustic and uncertain for investors, that - with the click of a mouse - the rich send their money overseas
its really sad how Liberals are destroying America|||There is so much money overseas because thats where obamas stimulus money went|||It's simple - Asia has positive growth.|||I have my money in pasts.|||Because we still haven't ended FREE TRADE.
The USA became a prosperous nation 100 years ago because we were the king of globalization.
What is happening today? Jobs leaving the USA, entire factories are shutting down and moving to foreign countries.
100 years ago, entire factories were moving to the USA. That's what caused that huge wave of immigration, because the factory owners often brought all their workers with them, paying their way in steerage on a steamer ship.
Why?
Tariffs. Tariffs on imports were the main source of revenues for the federal government. Income tax was unconstitutional until 1913, when Congress passed the Sixteenth Amendment. So tariffs were paying for most of the federal budget before then.
Tariffs raised the prices of imported goods, and it was harder for foreign factories to compete. So they moved their factories here, to avoid paying the tariff.
Tariffs were the successful way of managing globalization, and it turned the global economy in our favor. We became an indudstrial superpower exporter in 1880, and we became a creditor nation in 1914, because of 100 years of tariffs.
Tariffs also eliminated slavery. Look up the Tariff of 1828. Slave states hated tariffs. Slavery was holding us back, we had to abolish slavery before we became prosperous.
We ended tariffs in 1913 and replaced them with income tax, because exporters should not have tariffs. Once you reach that level of prosperity, you become vulnerable to retaliation from your customer nations. That's why the Smoot-Hawley tariff backfired in 1930. We were still an exporter, and other nations retaliated.
But that all ended when we lost our trade surplus in 1980, and we became a debtor nation again in 1988.
It was time to go back to tariffs during the 1980's. But the wealthy Wall Street Journal types were salivating over the idea of opening sweatshops in emerging Asian nations, so they raised the bogeyman of Smoot-Hawley to scare us away from tariffs.
The result has been an economy spiraling out of control. Our trade deficit is now equal to our total exports, which is more than ever in our entire history. We send out a trillion dollars a year on our trade deficit, which adds a trillion dollars of debt to our current account balance every year. The national personal savings rate was 4% in 1930, and it peaked at 10% in 1980. Today it is negative.
Our economy is now in crisis, unemployment is hovering around 10%, and our government is racking up staggering debts, from wars and stimulus giveaways that will never be paid back by the recipients. That means higher taxes in the future, which will only push us down deeper into the pit.
Free trade is making us a beggar nation.
Tariffs made us a prosperous nation.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what we're doing wrong.
Source(s):
World Almanac 2009
Tariff of 1789, 1790, 1792, 1816, 1824, 1828, 1832, 1833, 1842, 1857, 1883
Revenue Act of 1894, 1913
Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
If you buy a futures option call and the strike prices rises?
Just a little futures option question:
Say you buy a call at the strike price of 9525. The strike price settles at 9600 at expiration. Is this a loss or a gain?????|||The strike price of an option does not change. The price of the underlying changes. In this case the underlying is a futures contract.
For a call option the value at expiration is zero unless the settlement price is greater than the strike price, in which case the value is the settlement price less the strike price. In your example that is 9600-9525=75. If you paid less than 75 for the options contract when you bought it you have a profit. If you paid more than 75 when you bought it you have a loss.|||It depends on the premium you paid for the option. It is in the money so, assuming you paid nothing for it you would receive 75, not taking transaction or tax costs into account, because you could buy the underlying in the market for 9525 and sell it for 9600 . If you paid more than 75 for it you would be losing money.|||You seem to be a little muddled.Futures and options are different things.
As someone else said the strike price doesn't alter. That's why it is called a strike.
The loss or gain is determined on the increase or decrease of the premium paid.|||the strike prices of options are fixed, they never change.
Say you buy a call at the strike price of 9525. The strike price settles at 9600 at expiration. Is this a loss or a gain?????|||The strike price of an option does not change. The price of the underlying changes. In this case the underlying is a futures contract.
For a call option the value at expiration is zero unless the settlement price is greater than the strike price, in which case the value is the settlement price less the strike price. In your example that is 9600-9525=75. If you paid less than 75 for the options contract when you bought it you have a profit. If you paid more than 75 when you bought it you have a loss.|||It depends on the premium you paid for the option. It is in the money so, assuming you paid nothing for it you would receive 75, not taking transaction or tax costs into account, because you could buy the underlying in the market for 9525 and sell it for 9600 . If you paid more than 75 for it you would be losing money.|||You seem to be a little muddled.Futures and options are different things.
As someone else said the strike price doesn't alter. That's why it is called a strike.
The loss or gain is determined on the increase or decrease of the premium paid.|||the strike prices of options are fixed, they never change.
Where do I find out if the stock market is going to open up or down in the morning? Where do I find "futures"?
I often hear on the news that futures suggests that the market is going to open up or down. But I don't understand where to find this "futures" data.|||Turn on the TV. CNBC starts broadcasing at 3:00 am CST. They show what the futes are doing continuously up until the opening bell.
You can also watch Bloomberg TV in your web browser
http://www.bloomberg.com/tv/|||the futures markets are historically different from the stock markets but operate on similar principles
learn more here
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/鈥?/a>
and here:
http://www.cftc.gov/index.htm
You can also watch Bloomberg TV in your web browser
http://www.bloomberg.com/tv/|||the futures markets are historically different from the stock markets but operate on similar principles
learn more here
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/鈥?/a>
and here:
http://www.cftc.gov/index.htm
What Happens when a Supplier Can't Deliver on a Futures Contract?
Lets assume a Farm commits to delivering XX/bushels of Corn on a Futures Contact. When that delivery date comes and the farm can't meet it (lets assume their whole farm burned down), what happens? Is the farmer fined? do they have to pay up for the missing corn?|||Most futures contracts are done by cash settlements these days. ie you promised to deliver a certain commodity at a certain price and the value of the commodity increases drammatically. Instead of actually delivering the commodity you just pay the difference between the current price of it and the price the buyer has the right to pay. In other words, the investor gets his profit electronically without having to receive the commodity.|||They have a contract. If they can't deliver they have breached the contract and can be sued for damages.
I have always dreamed of a buyer defaulting, and some farmer driving a herd of hogs or steers throught the doors of the Chicago Futures Exchange to deliver on the contract.|||If it is beyond their control then nothing. ex. fire etc this cancels contract
If it is within their control ex. over sold, bad crop then the holder of the futures contract can purchase from elsewhere and sue the farmer for what he payed above the original futures contract price.|||Normally they will have posted collateral to protect against this, but they have to pay. The farmer can buy the corn on the market and deliver that in fulfillment of their contract.|||Crop insurance
I have always dreamed of a buyer defaulting, and some farmer driving a herd of hogs or steers throught the doors of the Chicago Futures Exchange to deliver on the contract.|||If it is beyond their control then nothing. ex. fire etc this cancels contract
If it is within their control ex. over sold, bad crop then the holder of the futures contract can purchase from elsewhere and sue the farmer for what he payed above the original futures contract price.|||Normally they will have posted collateral to protect against this, but they have to pay. The farmer can buy the corn on the market and deliver that in fulfillment of their contract.|||Crop insurance
Can somebody explain Futures Trading to me in the most simple terms?
I am a novice in the Stock Market arena but need to understand how futures work.|||Dear "Bedford":
Well I hope this is a school assignment because "futures" is no place for novices. Futures Trading is nothing more than a prediction of what value something will have in the future. For fun, watch the Eddie Murphy - Dan Akkroyd movie "trading places". You basically predict as in the movie the future value of Orange Juice and you place one or more bets on it. If you're right, you make gobs of money. If you're wrong, you end up like the Duke Brothers ... broke. Novice investors are like babies on the interstate. It'll be disaster and quickly.
You have certain gooferment enforced protections, but don't depend upon them to keep your money safe. In order to open a futures trading account, you will have to jump thru some hurdles. Your broker can be held liable if you can NOT pay for your losses (You can go to jail! They have to make good.) or if you are deemed "unsuitable" to play in that market (You get an nasty letter; they pay big big bux).
Assuming that you can deposit enough credits with the brokerage, you'll be admitted to the "big casino". I say casino advisedly because other than certain specific occasions, you'll get a better deal at the casino of your choice. The casino will at least buy you dinner when you play.
Futures Trading is appropriate for the average schmo, (that includes me), for example, when you are given options by your employer and you wish to lock in your gains. As your employer in BIGBIZ who shares sell at a penny, I grant you an option to buy 10,000 shares at a dollar each in December. BIGBIZ is "discovered" by Wall
Street and the stock zooms over night from a penny to $300. Shazam, you could be rich if it stays there until December. You being a smart fellow say "Hey good enough for me. May I have my profit now?" No, you have to wait unitl December. So you sell a CALL OPTION giving some one the right to buy your 10,000 shares for $3,000,000. Note, it's unlikely that you'll get the full $300 because the buyer is taking a risk. So let's guess that you can get $1.5M. So the question is "deal or no deal". The only diff is it is your real money you are playing with. AND, you have taxes to consider. Only a lawyer and an accountant can sacrifice the right number of chickens to read the entrails and divine the tax status of your transaction. AND, guess what the rules will be going forward. My opinion would be that you'd have to pay ordinary income on the whole shebang but what the heck. You'd come out on the other side with $750k. Lest you think that this is fiction. I have friend who had 40$ options on a stock priced at $120 who decide to take the ride and the options were worthless when he could cash out. To a much lesser extent, I've paid tuition at that school. Bye bye big bux!
Futures are also useful when you have stock accumulated say in AT%26amp;T over decades. And you're sitting at 80$/share with lots of shares, and your good son, (me), comes to you and says "sell". You say "never, it's fr widows and orphans". Argh! I say, "You think it's going up. Sell a put; requiring someone to buy it at 60 in the future and buy a a set of calls at 80,85,90, whatever." You say "nah". So I watch as you ride $80 times gobs of shares to $12 times gobs of shares. Argh!! bye bye big bux.
Futures are great if you a have specific purpose in mind. Here's a Futures Trading course on the web for free. And, the gooferment site. Stay out of traffic.
Let me know how you make out,
fjohn
Ferdinand J. Reinke
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From memory from a finance class once upon a time, a long time ago:
'futures' is basically when I sell you an option to buy my stock shares at a certain price.
For example: if the stock is worth $10 today, I might sell you the option to buy the stock at $11 in a period of time, say 6 months from now. Or the reverse, the stock is worth $10 today and I sell you the option to buy it at $9 in a period of time.
In the first example, I am betting that the stock price goes down or at least stays under $11 so that I keep your money and my stock.
In the second example, I am betting that the stock price goes way down. Check with a broker, but I think this is called short selling and I think I might be able to force you to exercise the option to buy in this case.
In any event, when you deal in the futures market, you are betting, essentially, that you know more about the future value of the stock than the person on the other end of the transaction.|||Futures is selling the right to someone to buy something at a specified price in the future. SO, I might think that petrol will be VERY expensive in 6 months time, and I thenBUY THE RIGHT from a petroleum company to buy petrol at a specific price.|||A futures contract is simply an arrnagement to buy or sell a security (or anything) at a fixed price at some point in the future. So, if I am exporting from the UK to the US and expect to be paid in dollars in 1 month and want to ensure that I am not hit too hard by a rising pound then I would find someone who is willing to sell me dollars at a rate favourable to me. I might lose out in that it may turn out that the spot price is more favourable on the day I receive the dollars but at least my income is guaranteed.
Futures are traded on margins too, in other words you have to pay an inital deposit to the exchange and they just pay as prices change.
Try euronext http://www.euronext.com/editorial/wide/e鈥?/a>
There used to be substantial educational software on liffe but I don't know if it was carried over when liffe became euronext|||The best way to explain how futures work is to start with an explaination of an older (and now fairly rare) derivative.
A foward contract is an agreement to buy and sell something at a particular date in the future at a set price. The classic example is a farmer who agrees with a miller to sell corn six months from now at a certain price. No money changes hands when the contract is agreed to, only when the corn is actually delivered. Both sides are happy to lock in the price of corn today. Folks in my part of the world sometimes make deals like this for fuel oil to heat their houses, locking in a price for the winter in the fall.
The problem with fowards is you can't really make a financial market of them, since each side is taking a credit risk on the other side of the deal. The farmer has to trust that the miller will have the money to pay him and the miller has to trust that the farmer will have the corn. That makes it hard for either party to easily transfer their side of the deal to somebody else.
Futures are a modification of fowards that allow an active market. There are two big differences. First, the contracts aren't made with a single counterparty, but with the entire market. So the farmer doesn't sell the corn future to a particular miller but to the entire group of buyers of corn collectively and the market itself guarantees that the cash will be there to make good on the deal. Second, and this is the biggest difference, futures are marked-to-market every day. This means that as the futures price fluctuates each day a payment is made to/from buyers and sellers to settle out the difference. So, for example, if the futures price of corn goes up, then the farmer who sold the futures (or is "short" the contract) pays money and the miller who bought (is "long") the contract recieves money. If the price goes down the opposite occurs.
It is important to note the diffference between the futures price of something and the spot price. The two are obviously related, but only on the last or "expiration" day of the futures contract will they be identical. And on that day the final payment will be made to settle out the contract. The actual commodity or whatever that the contract was on does not usually change hands. A futures contract is almost always "cash settled".
When you open a futures account with a broker you put up some money for "margin". As you go long or short futures contracts the daily mark-to-market payments will be added/subtracted from this margin. If it gets too low the broker will ask you to come up with more money or to close some of your futures positions, i.e. sell if you are long or buy if you are short.|||You are guessing what the price for something will be in the future. Instead of buying a stock now at a certain price, you "borrow" the stock now and agree to buy it from someone at a certain price, after a certain amount of time. If the stock is worth more than the price you agreed upon (that is, if at that time everyone else is paying a higher price than the one you agreed to), you can sell the borrowed shares the higher price, then pay the person you borrowed them from the lower price.
For example, if a stock is selling today for $10, but you think in 90 days it will be worth $15. You would be willing to pay $4.99 to borrow each share (the price of your "futures"), because you think you will be able to make $5 when you return the borrowed shares, and make a profit of $.01 per future ($5.00 - $4.99).|||Future is a "promise" you make to somebody that you for example pay 10 Dollars for a certain stock in a specified time in the future, say 18 August .
The meaning that lies within is that you bet that in 18 August that the stock will cost ...let's say 20 Dollars. In that case if you sell it you earn 20-10=10 Dollars. But if it costs 2 Dollars, then you have lost 10-2=8 Dollars.
Future theory does not apply only to stock, but in the real estate markets, bonds...etc.
Well I hope this is a school assignment because "futures" is no place for novices. Futures Trading is nothing more than a prediction of what value something will have in the future. For fun, watch the Eddie Murphy - Dan Akkroyd movie "trading places". You basically predict as in the movie the future value of Orange Juice and you place one or more bets on it. If you're right, you make gobs of money. If you're wrong, you end up like the Duke Brothers ... broke. Novice investors are like babies on the interstate. It'll be disaster and quickly.
You have certain gooferment enforced protections, but don't depend upon them to keep your money safe. In order to open a futures trading account, you will have to jump thru some hurdles. Your broker can be held liable if you can NOT pay for your losses (You can go to jail! They have to make good.) or if you are deemed "unsuitable" to play in that market (You get an nasty letter; they pay big big bux).
Assuming that you can deposit enough credits with the brokerage, you'll be admitted to the "big casino". I say casino advisedly because other than certain specific occasions, you'll get a better deal at the casino of your choice. The casino will at least buy you dinner when you play.
Futures Trading is appropriate for the average schmo, (that includes me), for example, when you are given options by your employer and you wish to lock in your gains. As your employer in BIGBIZ who shares sell at a penny, I grant you an option to buy 10,000 shares at a dollar each in December. BIGBIZ is "discovered" by Wall
Street and the stock zooms over night from a penny to $300. Shazam, you could be rich if it stays there until December. You being a smart fellow say "Hey good enough for me. May I have my profit now?" No, you have to wait unitl December. So you sell a CALL OPTION giving some one the right to buy your 10,000 shares for $3,000,000. Note, it's unlikely that you'll get the full $300 because the buyer is taking a risk. So let's guess that you can get $1.5M. So the question is "deal or no deal". The only diff is it is your real money you are playing with. AND, you have taxes to consider. Only a lawyer and an accountant can sacrifice the right number of chickens to read the entrails and divine the tax status of your transaction. AND, guess what the rules will be going forward. My opinion would be that you'd have to pay ordinary income on the whole shebang but what the heck. You'd come out on the other side with $750k. Lest you think that this is fiction. I have friend who had 40$ options on a stock priced at $120 who decide to take the ride and the options were worthless when he could cash out. To a much lesser extent, I've paid tuition at that school. Bye bye big bux!
Futures are also useful when you have stock accumulated say in AT%26amp;T over decades. And you're sitting at 80$/share with lots of shares, and your good son, (me), comes to you and says "sell". You say "never, it's fr widows and orphans". Argh! I say, "You think it's going up. Sell a put; requiring someone to buy it at 60 in the future and buy a a set of calls at 80,85,90, whatever." You say "nah". So I watch as you ride $80 times gobs of shares to $12 times gobs of shares. Argh!! bye bye big bux.
Futures are great if you a have specific purpose in mind. Here's a Futures Trading course on the web for free. And, the gooferment site. Stay out of traffic.
Let me know how you make out,
fjohn
Ferdinand J. Reinke
Kendall Park, NJ 08824
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From memory from a finance class once upon a time, a long time ago:
'futures' is basically when I sell you an option to buy my stock shares at a certain price.
For example: if the stock is worth $10 today, I might sell you the option to buy the stock at $11 in a period of time, say 6 months from now. Or the reverse, the stock is worth $10 today and I sell you the option to buy it at $9 in a period of time.
In the first example, I am betting that the stock price goes down or at least stays under $11 so that I keep your money and my stock.
In the second example, I am betting that the stock price goes way down. Check with a broker, but I think this is called short selling and I think I might be able to force you to exercise the option to buy in this case.
In any event, when you deal in the futures market, you are betting, essentially, that you know more about the future value of the stock than the person on the other end of the transaction.|||Futures is selling the right to someone to buy something at a specified price in the future. SO, I might think that petrol will be VERY expensive in 6 months time, and I thenBUY THE RIGHT from a petroleum company to buy petrol at a specific price.|||A futures contract is simply an arrnagement to buy or sell a security (or anything) at a fixed price at some point in the future. So, if I am exporting from the UK to the US and expect to be paid in dollars in 1 month and want to ensure that I am not hit too hard by a rising pound then I would find someone who is willing to sell me dollars at a rate favourable to me. I might lose out in that it may turn out that the spot price is more favourable on the day I receive the dollars but at least my income is guaranteed.
Futures are traded on margins too, in other words you have to pay an inital deposit to the exchange and they just pay as prices change.
Try euronext http://www.euronext.com/editorial/wide/e鈥?/a>
There used to be substantial educational software on liffe but I don't know if it was carried over when liffe became euronext|||The best way to explain how futures work is to start with an explaination of an older (and now fairly rare) derivative.
A foward contract is an agreement to buy and sell something at a particular date in the future at a set price. The classic example is a farmer who agrees with a miller to sell corn six months from now at a certain price. No money changes hands when the contract is agreed to, only when the corn is actually delivered. Both sides are happy to lock in the price of corn today. Folks in my part of the world sometimes make deals like this for fuel oil to heat their houses, locking in a price for the winter in the fall.
The problem with fowards is you can't really make a financial market of them, since each side is taking a credit risk on the other side of the deal. The farmer has to trust that the miller will have the money to pay him and the miller has to trust that the farmer will have the corn. That makes it hard for either party to easily transfer their side of the deal to somebody else.
Futures are a modification of fowards that allow an active market. There are two big differences. First, the contracts aren't made with a single counterparty, but with the entire market. So the farmer doesn't sell the corn future to a particular miller but to the entire group of buyers of corn collectively and the market itself guarantees that the cash will be there to make good on the deal. Second, and this is the biggest difference, futures are marked-to-market every day. This means that as the futures price fluctuates each day a payment is made to/from buyers and sellers to settle out the difference. So, for example, if the futures price of corn goes up, then the farmer who sold the futures (or is "short" the contract) pays money and the miller who bought (is "long") the contract recieves money. If the price goes down the opposite occurs.
It is important to note the diffference between the futures price of something and the spot price. The two are obviously related, but only on the last or "expiration" day of the futures contract will they be identical. And on that day the final payment will be made to settle out the contract. The actual commodity or whatever that the contract was on does not usually change hands. A futures contract is almost always "cash settled".
When you open a futures account with a broker you put up some money for "margin". As you go long or short futures contracts the daily mark-to-market payments will be added/subtracted from this margin. If it gets too low the broker will ask you to come up with more money or to close some of your futures positions, i.e. sell if you are long or buy if you are short.|||You are guessing what the price for something will be in the future. Instead of buying a stock now at a certain price, you "borrow" the stock now and agree to buy it from someone at a certain price, after a certain amount of time. If the stock is worth more than the price you agreed upon (that is, if at that time everyone else is paying a higher price than the one you agreed to), you can sell the borrowed shares the higher price, then pay the person you borrowed them from the lower price.
For example, if a stock is selling today for $10, but you think in 90 days it will be worth $15. You would be willing to pay $4.99 to borrow each share (the price of your "futures"), because you think you will be able to make $5 when you return the borrowed shares, and make a profit of $.01 per future ($5.00 - $4.99).|||Future is a "promise" you make to somebody that you for example pay 10 Dollars for a certain stock in a specified time in the future, say 18 August .
The meaning that lies within is that you bet that in 18 August that the stock will cost ...let's say 20 Dollars. In that case if you sell it you earn 20-10=10 Dollars. But if it costs 2 Dollars, then you have lost 10-2=8 Dollars.
Future theory does not apply only to stock, but in the real estate markets, bonds...etc.
IS there ANY way to transfer money from a Bright Futures scholarship to an out of state school?
of course this is im FL
but i am a high school freshman who dreams of going to Penn State
the thing is, tution is 20K a year for out of state and i would have a free ride in bright futures
can i make some of that money transfer?|||You can't.. it's meant specifically for Florida Colleges/Universities... It sucks but that's the catch...
think about it... if they offered it transferable out of state then Florida would have a massive influx of students coming in, gaining residency, getting the money and then leaving the state...
Get with your guidance counselor.... or better yet call Penn States office of student affairs and ask them about scholarship opportunities.. they should have a list... also start looking on the internet...
Good luck!
but i am a high school freshman who dreams of going to Penn State
the thing is, tution is 20K a year for out of state and i would have a free ride in bright futures
can i make some of that money transfer?|||You can't.. it's meant specifically for Florida Colleges/Universities... It sucks but that's the catch...
think about it... if they offered it transferable out of state then Florida would have a massive influx of students coming in, gaining residency, getting the money and then leaving the state...
Get with your guidance counselor.... or better yet call Penn States office of student affairs and ask them about scholarship opportunities.. they should have a list... also start looking on the internet...
Good luck!
When you buy futures, do you sell on the day price or on the contracted price?
I mean...if you buy one futures contract of gold with prices - bid 900/ ask 950. And...a few days ago the price is 1000(bid 950/ ask 1050) - then would you sell for 950 or for 900 as it was in your first contract?
Thanks alot!|||i don't think that the spread would ever be that drastic. It's usually a percentage point or two.
That in mind, when you want to buy gold, you make a request for buy say 1000 oz of gold,
gold @ 900.35- the bid is 900.29 and ask is 900.45
you are looking to get that asking price (if you are purchasing)- if no one on the trading floor is willing to sell 1000 oz at that time- the price will move upward until it hits a target price in which someone is willing to sell you that 1000 oz.
helps?|||If it tells you how much to sell it for, then why is that clause written in the contract?
Shouldn't you be allowed to sell it for what you can bring in for it, according to market value? If you buy it?
Thanks alot!|||i don't think that the spread would ever be that drastic. It's usually a percentage point or two.
That in mind, when you want to buy gold, you make a request for buy say 1000 oz of gold,
gold @ 900.35- the bid is 900.29 and ask is 900.45
you are looking to get that asking price (if you are purchasing)- if no one on the trading floor is willing to sell 1000 oz at that time- the price will move upward until it hits a target price in which someone is willing to sell you that 1000 oz.
helps?|||If it tells you how much to sell it for, then why is that clause written in the contract?
Shouldn't you be allowed to sell it for what you can bring in for it, according to market value? If you buy it?
What does it mean when the S & P futures are up or down before the market opens?
Does that refer to futures contracts? If so, when do they trade? -- Obviously before the stock market opens. Rights?|||The S%26amp;P futures usually indicate the short-term (intraday) direction of the market. It frequently doesn't have any bearing on the way the market will close, because of the multitude of news that will be posted throughout the day.
It does refer to futures contracts that may mor may not be executed.
Read the link below and it will give you a better idea of how the system works.
It does refer to futures contracts that may mor may not be executed.
Read the link below and it will give you a better idea of how the system works.
Which is the biggest market for gold futures today,in the world ?
For physical gold it is India, but for futures trading volumes I would like to know if there is a dominant market. ?|||NYMEX
Gold futures volume of 31,097 contracts exceeding the 24,125 contracts traded in October 1998.
If you are asking which exchange trades the most volume, it would probably be the NYMEX, CBOT, or maybe London. Can't seem to find the actual numbers for recent data.
There is a good resource and an interesting article here:
How to Trade Gold Futures in India
http://www.tradingpicks.com/gold_futures鈥?/a>
Good background on Comex, part of NYMEX in New York
http://www.usafutures.com/goldfuturesopt鈥?/a>
A wealth of info at the World Gold Council home page
http://www.gold.org/sitemap/index.html
If we take national gold reserves, then most gold is owned by the USA followed by Germany and the IMF. If we include jewellery ownership, then India is the largest repository of gold in terms of total gold within the national boundaries.
Ah, finally, some recent numbers on the CBOT
Previous May 11 Percent
Record Date Totals Increase
Metals Complex Volume 96,630 April 20, 2006 100,589 4%
100 Oz. Gold Futures
Volume 50,068 April 20, 2006 55,670 11%
100 Oz. Gold Options
Volume 4,529 May 9, 2006 5,471 21%
Mini-sized Gold Futures
Volume 20,352 April 20, 2006 26,127 28%
Metals Complex Open
Interest 54,045 May 10, 2006 60,323 12%
100 Oz. Gold Futures
Open Interest 21,497 May 10, 2006 25,361 18%
100 Oz. Gold Options
Open Interest 11,504 May 10, 2006 12,751 11%
Gold Complex Open
Interest 40,711 May 10, 2006 46,281 14%
For more information on the CBOT and its Metals complex, please visit
http://www.cbot.com .
Another good comparison chart on trading volume
http://www.futuresindustry.org/fimagazi-鈥?/a>
Gold futures volume of 31,097 contracts exceeding the 24,125 contracts traded in October 1998.
If you are asking which exchange trades the most volume, it would probably be the NYMEX, CBOT, or maybe London. Can't seem to find the actual numbers for recent data.
There is a good resource and an interesting article here:
How to Trade Gold Futures in India
http://www.tradingpicks.com/gold_futures鈥?/a>
Good background on Comex, part of NYMEX in New York
http://www.usafutures.com/goldfuturesopt鈥?/a>
A wealth of info at the World Gold Council home page
http://www.gold.org/sitemap/index.html
If we take national gold reserves, then most gold is owned by the USA followed by Germany and the IMF. If we include jewellery ownership, then India is the largest repository of gold in terms of total gold within the national boundaries.
Ah, finally, some recent numbers on the CBOT
Previous May 11 Percent
Record Date Totals Increase
Metals Complex Volume 96,630 April 20, 2006 100,589 4%
100 Oz. Gold Futures
Volume 50,068 April 20, 2006 55,670 11%
100 Oz. Gold Options
Volume 4,529 May 9, 2006 5,471 21%
Mini-sized Gold Futures
Volume 20,352 April 20, 2006 26,127 28%
Metals Complex Open
Interest 54,045 May 10, 2006 60,323 12%
100 Oz. Gold Futures
Open Interest 21,497 May 10, 2006 25,361 18%
100 Oz. Gold Options
Open Interest 11,504 May 10, 2006 12,751 11%
Gold Complex Open
Interest 40,711 May 10, 2006 46,281 14%
For more information on the CBOT and its Metals complex, please visit
http://www.cbot.com .
Another good comparison chart on trading volume
http://www.futuresindustry.org/fimagazi-鈥?/a>
Do any online trading platforms offer index futures trading?
I've been looking around and haven't found any. I wanted to trade S%26amp;P 500 futures. Ideally also they have fairly low fees and so forth, but I can compare that myself.|||Download NinjaTrader for free and check it out.
http://www.ampfutures.com/index.php
Futures data and currency data feeds are free. Also lowest margin rates I've found at $500 per contract.
Also, ThinkorSwim is a good one; also a free download.
https://www.thinkorswim.com/tos/displayP鈥?/a>
The Realtick platform through TerraNova is an excellent platform I've used for years, but a little pricey: over $300/mo. Margin rate for the emini is $6,000.
TradeStation is the Cadillac, but very pricey.
Check out the Futures magazine and Active Trader magazine for platform comparison.|||You can sign up for a free look at the Firetip Platform (just recently updated) for free. Very state of the art platform the provides all US Futures and Options markets, as wells as index futures.
The guys that run this site I believe are brokers, but provide the free platform with the free subscription sign-up...you just sign up to the right of the page.
Here's the site: http://thefutureoptionstrading.com/
Hope this helps..
http://www.ampfutures.com/index.php
Futures data and currency data feeds are free. Also lowest margin rates I've found at $500 per contract.
Also, ThinkorSwim is a good one; also a free download.
https://www.thinkorswim.com/tos/displayP鈥?/a>
The Realtick platform through TerraNova is an excellent platform I've used for years, but a little pricey: over $300/mo. Margin rate for the emini is $6,000.
TradeStation is the Cadillac, but very pricey.
Check out the Futures magazine and Active Trader magazine for platform comparison.|||You can sign up for a free look at the Firetip Platform (just recently updated) for free. Very state of the art platform the provides all US Futures and Options markets, as wells as index futures.
The guys that run this site I believe are brokers, but provide the free platform with the free subscription sign-up...you just sign up to the right of the page.
Here's the site: http://thefutureoptionstrading.com/
Hope this helps..
What excatly are Futures when it comes to finance?
I keep hearing about gold futures, pork futures ect. Always wondered what they were.|||In finance, a futures contract is a standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a certain underlying instrument at a certain date in the future, at a specified price. The future date is called the delivery date or final settlement date. The pre-set price is called the futures price. The price of the underlying asset on the delivery date is called the settlement price.
A futures contract gives the holder the obligation to buy or sell, which differs from an options contract, which gives the holder the right, but not the obligation. In other words, the owner of an options contract may exercise the contract. Both parties of a "futures contract" must fulfill the contract on the settlement date. The seller delivers the commodity to the buyer, or, if it is a cash-settled future, then cash is transferred from the futures trader who sustained a loss to the one who made a profit. To exit the commitment prior to the settlement date, the holder of a futures position has to offset their position by either selling a long position or buying back a short position, effectively closing out the futures position and its contract obligations.
Futures contracts, or simply futures, are exchange traded derivatives. The exchange's clearinghouse acts as counterparty on all contracts, sets margin requirements, etc.|||futures are a form of hedging. ie I want to guarantee that the price of something I need in the future does not exceed a certain amount. A Future contract is one way to get "insurance" on pricing. The price today is $2, but I'm worried that market trends might push the price up quite a bit in a certain period of time. I bet that the price will go up more than say $3, so I buy a Future for $3. If the prices go up more than $3, I've just "won." If the price does not go beyond $3, I've lost the bet.
Futures contracts are similar to options contracts, the main difference is that with a futures contract the buyer or seller of the underlying commondity must make the purchase/sale. With an options contract, the buyer/seller of the underlying commodity just has the option to buy/sell with no obligation.|||you have clubbed many in one question.
Futures is a common terms in derivative Instruments.
They are being adopted in equity/stock, commodities, pork Finance, etc.,
Future trading has common applications in all exchanges of instruments - sale, buy, etc., - when transaction completes instantly it is cash - when you do the transaction expecting future trend then it is futures - if you wanted to do safely, you should have support of options - Hedging.
As far as Futures when it comes to Finance it relate to currencies.
A futures contract gives the holder the obligation to buy or sell, which differs from an options contract, which gives the holder the right, but not the obligation. In other words, the owner of an options contract may exercise the contract. Both parties of a "futures contract" must fulfill the contract on the settlement date. The seller delivers the commodity to the buyer, or, if it is a cash-settled future, then cash is transferred from the futures trader who sustained a loss to the one who made a profit. To exit the commitment prior to the settlement date, the holder of a futures position has to offset their position by either selling a long position or buying back a short position, effectively closing out the futures position and its contract obligations.
Futures contracts, or simply futures, are exchange traded derivatives. The exchange's clearinghouse acts as counterparty on all contracts, sets margin requirements, etc.|||futures are a form of hedging. ie I want to guarantee that the price of something I need in the future does not exceed a certain amount. A Future contract is one way to get "insurance" on pricing. The price today is $2, but I'm worried that market trends might push the price up quite a bit in a certain period of time. I bet that the price will go up more than say $3, so I buy a Future for $3. If the prices go up more than $3, I've just "won." If the price does not go beyond $3, I've lost the bet.
Futures contracts are similar to options contracts, the main difference is that with a futures contract the buyer or seller of the underlying commondity must make the purchase/sale. With an options contract, the buyer/seller of the underlying commodity just has the option to buy/sell with no obligation.|||you have clubbed many in one question.
Futures is a common terms in derivative Instruments.
They are being adopted in equity/stock, commodities, pork Finance, etc.,
Future trading has common applications in all exchanges of instruments - sale, buy, etc., - when transaction completes instantly it is cash - when you do the transaction expecting future trend then it is futures - if you wanted to do safely, you should have support of options - Hedging.
As far as Futures when it comes to Finance it relate to currencies.
Why are FUTURES not mentioned on the Series 7?
It talkes about evrything, including options, however it does not mention a word about commodities and future contracts? Any reason why? Can someone explain to me how futures work or when I can study about them?|||The Series 7 is for General Securities, Commodities are not considered general securities. Sales Reps that are approved for soliciting securities can not solicit commodities and/or commodity products.
Go to the web site for the Commodities Futures Commission and it will provide an explanation for their products|||Futures are not securities
Go to the web site for the Commodities Futures Commission and it will provide an explanation for their products|||Futures are not securities
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How long does options on futures last?
And does the options price adjust to zero as the futures mark-to-market every day?|||yes, this is on daily basic for more information get the advice for it broker .|||There are no general rules regarding how long a short sale can last before being closed out. A short sale is a transaction in which shares of a company are borrowed by an investor and sold on the market. The investor is required to return these shares to the lender at some point in the future. The lender of the shares has the ability to request that the shares be returned at any time, with minimal notice. In this event, the short sale investor is required to return the shares to the lender regardless of whether it causes the investor a gain or a loss on his or her trade.
However, requests to return shares are rare, as the lender of the shares is a brokerage firm that has a large inventory of stock. The brokerage firm is providing a service to investors; if it were to call shares to be returned often, investors would be less likely to use that firm. Furthermore, brokerage firms benefit greatly from short sales through interest and commissions on the trades. And there is limited risk for the brokerage firms due to the restrictive margin rules on short sales.
However, requests to return shares are rare, as the lender of the shares is a brokerage firm that has a large inventory of stock. The brokerage firm is providing a service to investors; if it were to call shares to be returned often, investors would be less likely to use that firm. Furthermore, brokerage firms benefit greatly from short sales through interest and commissions on the trades. And there is limited risk for the brokerage firms due to the restrictive margin rules on short sales.
Where we can learn about futures trading?
Can you suggest me some resources I can learn about futures? I'm interested in trading gold, coffee, metal, and some other commodities.|||You want to learn about futures contracts? So, simply go to http://www.learnaboutfutures.com . As I see, there are many types of common commodities that you mentioned.
You should implore yourself.|||The respective commodities futures markets, ie oil futures market etc.|||You can learn about the fundamentals of Futures on Investopedia's website: http://www.investopedia.com/university/f鈥?/a>|||If you need futures recommendations, and advices on opening futures calls, futures trading commodities, just join wit Pit.
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You should implore yourself.|||The respective commodities futures markets, ie oil futures market etc.|||You can learn about the fundamentals of Futures on Investopedia's website: http://www.investopedia.com/university/f鈥?/a>|||If you need futures recommendations, and advices on opening futures calls, futures trading commodities, just join wit Pit.
http://pitguru.com|||http://www.learnaboutfutures.com/goldreg鈥?/a>
http://www.learnaboutfutures.com/cottonr鈥?/a>
will give you all the tools and insight necessary to start futures trading with recommended informational source for crude oil, gold, cocoa , coffee, among other commodities trade markets.
Could the various alien races be evolved man from multiple possible futures?
Could the differences in the reported appearance of aliens be explained by the theory that they are evolved Homo Sapiens from different times, and different possible futures? Another thing to consider is their intentions. If they evolve differently depending on the time line, how would that effect their nature?|||one thing for sure is that aliens are way more advanced than us, meaning they have lived way longer than human had, or at least they developed technology when we were learning to invent the wheel.
probably in couple of centuries we will be able to travel across the universe, it will be an brilliant time to be in, sadly we will not be there, but our son麓s sons will.
we still have a lot to learn, we have just started our mission on exploring the cosmos.|||Q makes no sense. it assumes time travel and multiple possible time lines
it IS quite likely that there is life someplace else in the universe which has uncounted trillions of stars
It is VERY UNLIKELY that they visited earth in our history
the understanding of the universe is only about 100 years old, we have a lot to learn.
Either Humans are the only intelligence in the Universe
or We are NOT the only intelligence
in either case it is the most important Question I can imagine|||What "various alien races" are you speaking of.
As of now, humanity is not aware of any life form existing on any place in the universe except our Earth.
Homo sapiens lacks the technology to leave this planet. So even if there were a multitude of different futures, they would all contain the scenario that humans are confined to this planet.|||No one has ever described any known extra terrestrial life form, so your question makes no sense and cannot be answered.
Any image or description is completely imaginary, possibly based on reasonable logic, but still imaginary. Therefore, there cannot be any theory about the difference between "us" and "them", since we have no examples of "them" to compare ourselves to. We cannot theorize about the intentions of a life form for which have no proof of existence.|||The answer is to be found in the Bible where it says that God created man to his image. The truth is the opposite; man created God, Odin, Jupiter, Aliens and Santa Claus to his image.|||No.
Time travel isn't possible.|||Only if you thro away half of the laws of physics.
probably in couple of centuries we will be able to travel across the universe, it will be an brilliant time to be in, sadly we will not be there, but our son麓s sons will.
we still have a lot to learn, we have just started our mission on exploring the cosmos.|||Q makes no sense. it assumes time travel and multiple possible time lines
it IS quite likely that there is life someplace else in the universe which has uncounted trillions of stars
It is VERY UNLIKELY that they visited earth in our history
the understanding of the universe is only about 100 years old, we have a lot to learn.
Either Humans are the only intelligence in the Universe
or We are NOT the only intelligence
in either case it is the most important Question I can imagine|||What "various alien races" are you speaking of.
As of now, humanity is not aware of any life form existing on any place in the universe except our Earth.
Homo sapiens lacks the technology to leave this planet. So even if there were a multitude of different futures, they would all contain the scenario that humans are confined to this planet.|||No one has ever described any known extra terrestrial life form, so your question makes no sense and cannot be answered.
Any image or description is completely imaginary, possibly based on reasonable logic, but still imaginary. Therefore, there cannot be any theory about the difference between "us" and "them", since we have no examples of "them" to compare ourselves to. We cannot theorize about the intentions of a life form for which have no proof of existence.|||The answer is to be found in the Bible where it says that God created man to his image. The truth is the opposite; man created God, Odin, Jupiter, Aliens and Santa Claus to his image.|||No.
Time travel isn't possible.|||Only if you thro away half of the laws of physics.
Which brokerage companies are reputable for trading futures ?
I am not experienced enough to understand how to trade futures so i need the help of broker.
Can i trade futures with Fidelity or do i have to find a brokerage company that specializes in commodity trading ?|||We work with people just like you, and clear through the largest Futures broker in the world, MF Global. You do need a smaller broker to give you access to them, which is what we do at Common Sense Capital. My name is Brad is you would like more information.
Fidelity does not offer access to the futures markets at this time.|||Its sounds like you need a full service broker for some hand holding.
Online brokers might not be able to give you the support you need if you are just starting to learn.
Any major broker like JP Morgan will have offices in your area, look into that.
If you prefer to go at it alone, a broker like interactivebrokers.com offers futures at good rates.
Can i trade futures with Fidelity or do i have to find a brokerage company that specializes in commodity trading ?|||We work with people just like you, and clear through the largest Futures broker in the world, MF Global. You do need a smaller broker to give you access to them, which is what we do at Common Sense Capital. My name is Brad is you would like more information.
Fidelity does not offer access to the futures markets at this time.|||Its sounds like you need a full service broker for some hand holding.
Online brokers might not be able to give you the support you need if you are just starting to learn.
Any major broker like JP Morgan will have offices in your area, look into that.
If you prefer to go at it alone, a broker like interactivebrokers.com offers futures at good rates.
If a Hong Kong resident setups a BVI to trade commodity futures in NYMEX, what tax does he pay? profit tax?
If a Hong Kong resident setups a BVI to trade commodity futures in NYMEX, what tax does he pay? profit tax?|||Only tax I know of is capital gains tax.
What is the difference between e-minis, futures, and ETF?
I am interested in tracking the S%26amp;P futures, but I do not know its symbol. Can we track S%26amp;P futures with the symbol SPY?|||SPY is an ETF ... exchange traded fund. ETFs are electronically managed portfolios of shares [or options] designed to exactly mimic the price behavior of the index they shadow.
These are not futures contracts. Futures are an agreement to deliver [or receive] an agreed commodity in the future [at expiration]. they trade today for prices which may be somewhat different from the actual commodity's current value and usually allow huge leverage.
e-minis are a form of futures, operating at [usually] 1/10th the contract size of a regular futures contract. this brings them down into the price range of many more traders.
PLEASE -- read the details and disclaimers about all futures before you go placing any bets on them of any sort -- your broker will provide these. If you do NOT understand what you're reading, that is the first clue that trading futures is not for you.
These are not futures contracts. Futures are an agreement to deliver [or receive] an agreed commodity in the future [at expiration]. they trade today for prices which may be somewhat different from the actual commodity's current value and usually allow huge leverage.
e-minis are a form of futures, operating at [usually] 1/10th the contract size of a regular futures contract. this brings them down into the price range of many more traders.
PLEASE -- read the details and disclaimers about all futures before you go placing any bets on them of any sort -- your broker will provide these. If you do NOT understand what you're reading, that is the first clue that trading futures is not for you.
Do I have to renew my Bright Futures Scholarship each semester?
I just registered for Summer and Fall classes at a Community College and I can't seem to get a definite answer from anyone about Bright Futures. I called Bright Futures and all they told me was how many credit hours I needed in order to get funding.
Last semester I switched schools and did not tell Bright Futures so I was dropped from all my classes one day prior to them starting. I'm hoping I can figure this out before the deadline so that this fiasco doesn't happen again!|||I used to have bright futures scholorship. Your advisor at your new college should be able to set everything up for you. They need to register with bright futures as you home instiution. My experience with bright futures is that the student (yourself) needs to do nothing but make sure you take enough classes each semester and make sure you keep you GPA up. Your new home inst. should be responsible for getting the bright futures funding setup... Hopefully you have an experienced advisor at your new school. But you should never have to renew as long as your GPA and credit hours meet the standards. Renewal is automatic
Last semester I switched schools and did not tell Bright Futures so I was dropped from all my classes one day prior to them starting. I'm hoping I can figure this out before the deadline so that this fiasco doesn't happen again!|||I used to have bright futures scholorship. Your advisor at your new college should be able to set everything up for you. They need to register with bright futures as you home instiution. My experience with bright futures is that the student (yourself) needs to do nothing but make sure you take enough classes each semester and make sure you keep you GPA up. Your new home inst. should be responsible for getting the bright futures funding setup... Hopefully you have an experienced advisor at your new school. But you should never have to renew as long as your GPA and credit hours meet the standards. Renewal is automatic
Can you still get bright futures if you choose to serve in the military right after high school?
I have received a bright futures scholarship that would pay 100% of my tuition at a community college. I'm considering joining the Air Force right after graduation. I have recently read that the GI Bill provided for vets is not enough to cover college after their tour of duty is over. I was wondering if I could still be eligible to receive bright futures scholarship after serving 4 years in the military? I would also like some opinions on whether joining the military while already having a scholarship is a good idea.|||This is a crazy idea, but you may want to contact bright future's organization and talk to them about your plans so you can weigh your options. I really have a hard time understanding why people do not go to the horse's mouth on these sort of situations.
I was a recipient of GI Bill and depending on where you go to school it may or may not cover your tuition. It depends on the cost of the school you are attending. Personally, if it were me, I would take the bright futures for two years, get an AA degree, join the military and you will get advance rank promotion with a college degree. Then enroll in GI Bill and go to 4 year school when you get out.
I was a recipient of GI Bill and depending on where you go to school it may or may not cover your tuition. It depends on the cost of the school you are attending. Personally, if it were me, I would take the bright futures for two years, get an AA degree, join the military and you will get advance rank promotion with a college degree. Then enroll in GI Bill and go to 4 year school when you get out.
Does futures contracts change the price of the underlined commodity trading?
For example a trader buys 20000 crude oil contracts, will the price of crude oil change, or futures contracts don't affect prices of commodity?|||The derivative price affects the underlying's price more when the underlying's market is closed.
For instance in the stock market, everyday before the open the traders and investors look at the S%26amp;P 500 future value, which is traded almost 24/7. If it's above the fair value, the stocks will likely open higher, so the traders will buy in advance driving the prices up, and viceversa if it's below the fair value.
When the market opens, the opposite usually happens, the derivative's price aligns to the underlying's price, because the latter is more liquid and the gaps between ask and bid tends to narrow down, driving the price to the actual market value.
For instance in the stock market, everyday before the open the traders and investors look at the S%26amp;P 500 future value, which is traded almost 24/7. If it's above the fair value, the stocks will likely open higher, so the traders will buy in advance driving the prices up, and viceversa if it's below the fair value.
When the market opens, the opposite usually happens, the derivative's price aligns to the underlying's price, because the latter is more liquid and the gaps between ask and bid tends to narrow down, driving the price to the actual market value.
Are there still people naive enough to buy into heating oil futures every fall?
...and crude oil futures every summer?
One only needs the slightest bit of investigation to understand that the predicted rise in heating oil is already factored into the futures price every winter, meaning you only win IF the price is abnormally higher than previous winters. This is merely a sales tactic to get the naive excited and to buy.
Are there any out there still falling (of have fallen) for these tactics?|||gee, I guess you figured out how to be rich........................sell the futures..........|||yes there are people naive enough to buy futures at that time. why do you care?|||getting profit is ruled out. there will be further fall.
if you are interested in making money choose F%26amp;O sell option.
One only needs the slightest bit of investigation to understand that the predicted rise in heating oil is already factored into the futures price every winter, meaning you only win IF the price is abnormally higher than previous winters. This is merely a sales tactic to get the naive excited and to buy.
Are there any out there still falling (of have fallen) for these tactics?|||gee, I guess you figured out how to be rich........................sell the futures..........|||yes there are people naive enough to buy futures at that time. why do you care?|||getting profit is ruled out. there will be further fall.
if you are interested in making money choose F%26amp;O sell option.
Please explain options and futures in simple terms and also derivatives?
Options and Futures from the derivative markets are really complex terms can anyone explain in simple terms explain Options and futures?
Also the terms like call option and put option with suitable examples... |||While it's impossible to explain everything about options and futures in a short paragraph in simple terms, I'll give you some key points.
Derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from some other instrument such as a stock, bond, currency or commodity. Options and futures are derivatives.
A futures contract is a contract to buy/sell the underlying instrument (stock, bond, currency, commodity) at a certain date in the future at the price agreed today. For example, if you buy a December oil futures contract today at $112 then when the contract expires in December you will buy that barrel of oil at $112. If you sell a futures contract then you will sell that barrel of oil at $112. There are quite a few more details, but I'm simplifying it. In the case of a futures contract both a buyer and a seller have an obligation to take delivery/deliver the underlying instrument.
An options contract is similar to a futures contract, but an option gives the buyer the right to buy (a call option) or sell (a put option) the underlying instrument at or before the specified date at the set price, known as the exercise price or strike price. Note that the buyer has the right, but not the obligation to exercise the option. In return for this right, the buyer pays the seller a certain amount of money, called a premium.
For more details use Google and Wikipedia.
Also the terms like call option and put option with suitable examples... |||While it's impossible to explain everything about options and futures in a short paragraph in simple terms, I'll give you some key points.
Derivatives are financial instruments that derive their value from some other instrument such as a stock, bond, currency or commodity. Options and futures are derivatives.
A futures contract is a contract to buy/sell the underlying instrument (stock, bond, currency, commodity) at a certain date in the future at the price agreed today. For example, if you buy a December oil futures contract today at $112 then when the contract expires in December you will buy that barrel of oil at $112. If you sell a futures contract then you will sell that barrel of oil at $112. There are quite a few more details, but I'm simplifying it. In the case of a futures contract both a buyer and a seller have an obligation to take delivery/deliver the underlying instrument.
An options contract is similar to a futures contract, but an option gives the buyer the right to buy (a call option) or sell (a put option) the underlying instrument at or before the specified date at the set price, known as the exercise price or strike price. Note that the buyer has the right, but not the obligation to exercise the option. In return for this right, the buyer pays the seller a certain amount of money, called a premium.
For more details use Google and Wikipedia.
If I take a semester off will I still be able to get Bright Futures the next semester?
I have the 100% paid Bright Futures Scholarship, If I were to take a semester off, could I still receive the scholarship for the NEXT semester after that one? If so which semester would be better to take off, Spring 2010 or Fall 2010?|||They've just changed the Bright Futures requirements. You may be able to take a semester off if you go to summer school, but they are making this scholarship harder and harder to obtain every year b/c of budget cuts, so I wouldn't take any chances if I were you. You will need to complete 24 hours during the academic year. Explore the site for more specifc info.
How can I get my Bright futures scholarship back?
I dropped out of school in 2005 and am ready to go back is there anyway I can get my sholarship back it's the Florida bright futures one that you keep your whole 4 years in college.|||You can try to reapply for the Bright Futures scholarhship but it's not guaranteed for all 4 years. You have to keep your GPA up or you loose it. Good Luck.|||No; once you drop out you relinquish your scholarship. you'd have to reapply and hope for the best
How do I invest in cattle futures?
I am a US citizen. What are my options for trading cattle futures? Hillary didn't get back to me. Thanks.|||NYSE: COW . It is a tracker for cattle prices. I believe you cant trade options on it.|||You have to buy futures on margin (aka a loan). That means you will be dealing with more money than you have put into it. You go through a stock/bond broker which you can find in you phone book. The broker will set you up with a margin account.|||Call a commodity broker. The best would be an established broker that sells both stocks and commodities like Merrill Lynch or Smith Barney.
The odds are that you will quickly lose your money.
The odds are that you will quickly lose your money.
What is the margin requirements for Nifty/Stock futures?
What is the margin requirements for Nifty Futures as compared to spot market where it cent percent. If I buy 225 shares @ 225 in stock futures do I need to pay the entire amount or only the margin required? What is the modus-operandi?|||for nifty future you have to pay a margin of 12% of the value of the contract and for stock futures 20 %.as per your examples you have to pay a margin of rs 10125|||no. you dont have to pay the entire amount. you can get margin from your broker. the exact margin amount varies from broker to broker. but generally it is around 10-15%
Can I apply for bright futures scholarship from outside Florida?
I did my 9th and 10th grade in Florida but then I moved overseas.
During those years in FL, I achieved a perfect GPA--i got all A's and I was taking all honors classes.
So, can I still apply for Bright futures scholarship from outside the US if I finish my Florida High school diploma online?|||Go here:
http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.or鈥?/a>
at the bottom it says:
2009 High School Graduates apply here beginning December 1, 2008, and before graduation. Additional documentation is required for
Home Education, GED, and Out-of-State applicants.
Contact them with your question.
During those years in FL, I achieved a perfect GPA--i got all A's and I was taking all honors classes.
So, can I still apply for Bright futures scholarship from outside the US if I finish my Florida High school diploma online?|||Go here:
http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.or鈥?/a>
at the bottom it says:
2009 High School Graduates apply here beginning December 1, 2008, and before graduation. Additional documentation is required for
Home Education, GED, and Out-of-State applicants.
Contact them with your question.
Who knows how much bright futures pays if you want to go to ringling?
I want to go to ringling. Does bright futures scholarship pay for 75% or more?...or less?|||Ummm...zero.
What is the time frame or expiration that the s &p futures is based on that you see on the tv every morning?
When they say the s %26amp; p futures are up 10 pts, for what delivery time is that for? Is it the contract selling for that day? or is it for the contract that will be expiring in the near month? another month? Can anyone explain what it means, slightly confusing since no one really explains it on tv, i think they dont even know from what i gather.|||The S%26amp;P 500 futures contract trades until 4:15pm ET. The last trade is the closing price. They start trading again at 4:30pm ET and trade all through the night until 9:15am ET. When you hear they are up 10 points, for example, they are looking at the current futures price in relation to the closing price.
They also quote the current contract unless it is within a week of expiration. The quarterly contracts are March, June, September, and December (H,M,U,Z),
They also quote the current contract unless it is within a week of expiration. The quarterly contracts are March, June, September, and December (H,M,U,Z),
How accurate are dow futures in predicting stocks for that trading day?
if dow futures are up in pre-market trading is it most likely that the Dow Jones will go up along with Nasdaq and S%26amp;P?|||Not very. Study over months and years and you'll find little correlation. One reason why is because trading during the normal session dwarfs the volume seen in pre-market and after-hours futures trading.|||Dow futures, as well as the other two major index futures, are accurate predictors of how the market will OPEN. For instance, Dow futures was down over 200 points pre market on Monday morning and that led to a huge red opening on Monday. But it doesn't necessarily have any predictive powers on where the day will end.|||It all depends on the days news.
Many times premarkets will be up and the market goes down that day. And the vice versa happens also.
In terms of accuracy, I wouldn't make any decisions based on pre-market action alone.
Today will be a good example. Markets were up in pre-market, they are up mid-day, but how the markets end today is anyone's guess.|||Depends on the news for that day. If something occurs turning the day unexpected than the future has no accuracy.|||They can predict the open but news during the day influences the indexes.
Many times premarkets will be up and the market goes down that day. And the vice versa happens also.
In terms of accuracy, I wouldn't make any decisions based on pre-market action alone.
Today will be a good example. Markets were up in pre-market, they are up mid-day, but how the markets end today is anyone's guess.|||Depends on the news for that day. If something occurs turning the day unexpected than the future has no accuracy.|||They can predict the open but news during the day influences the indexes.
What's the average fee to enter a Future tournament ? And what the number means for ex "Spain F31 futures" ?
And last thing to enter a future tournament qualifications all you have to do is pay the fee and you are in ? or is there any other selections?
And is there any equivalent to "Futures" for juniors ?
Its for my school paper work. Thanks.|||I believe it to be around 30-60 dollars(US). The f31 number is the order in which it takes place for the year in that country. THe first Spanish Futures tourney would be Spain F1. You would usually need some kind of ranking to get in even to qualies,on either a junior, or college circuit etc. Satellites are the circuits that anyone can break into. If you don't have any kind of expperience or ranking somewhere, you would have no business playing a futures qualifying. If the qualies are low, it's easier to get in. The best juniors in any country usually play pro futures, especially in the summer.
And is there any equivalent to "Futures" for juniors ?
Its for my school paper work. Thanks.|||I believe it to be around 30-60 dollars(US). The f31 number is the order in which it takes place for the year in that country. THe first Spanish Futures tourney would be Spain F1. You would usually need some kind of ranking to get in even to qualies,on either a junior, or college circuit etc. Satellites are the circuits that anyone can break into. If you don't have any kind of expperience or ranking somewhere, you would have no business playing a futures qualifying. If the qualies are low, it's easier to get in. The best juniors in any country usually play pro futures, especially in the summer.
How do you Invest/Trade Eurodollars Futures Contracts?
I understand the idea that Eurodollars are US Dollars that exist in foreign banks. What I don't understand is how or why they are traded on the CME Futures market.
Could somebody explain what or how you gain from purchasing a Eurodollar futures contract?
What is their core market? Meaning, who is actually buying and taking delivery of Eurodollars and what are they using it for?|||this is a big chicago product, popular in chicago among speculators and market makers. but people in the real world can use it to hedge a forward rate. so i want to expand my factory and the bank offers me a 5 year loan in 3 months at a floating rate. well, i can hedge this by selling a similar eurodollar contract at the cme, to protect against an interest rate increase. also, the bank could buy the eurodollar contract and hedge its exposure, too. basically, eurodollars are a proxy for LIBOR, or the rate at which banks in london borrow and lend to each other. so there is a credit risk component involved.
I should note, too, that it's priced as 100- interest rate, so that if the interest rate is 1.20%, the eurodollars contract will be 98.80. so as rates rise, the price decreases, and in theory, the price can't go above 100, but it has before, implying negative interest rates.|||YO ALBY!
TRY INVESTING IN CANADIAN,NEW ZEALAND OR AUSSIE DOLLARS.
ESPECIALLY THE AUSSIE, THE GUYS ACROSS THE DITCH ARE BIG SUPPLIERS OF URANIUM TO THE U.S AND IRON AND MINERALS TO CHINA AND THE REST OF WORLD.
THE RETURNS ARE DEEMED TO BE SAFER, REASON BEING WHY A LOT OF CANADIANS,POMS,JAPANESE AND CHINESE ARE INVESTING HERE TO GUARANTEE FOOD SUPPLY ETC.
Could somebody explain what or how you gain from purchasing a Eurodollar futures contract?
What is their core market? Meaning, who is actually buying and taking delivery of Eurodollars and what are they using it for?|||this is a big chicago product, popular in chicago among speculators and market makers. but people in the real world can use it to hedge a forward rate. so i want to expand my factory and the bank offers me a 5 year loan in 3 months at a floating rate. well, i can hedge this by selling a similar eurodollar contract at the cme, to protect against an interest rate increase. also, the bank could buy the eurodollar contract and hedge its exposure, too. basically, eurodollars are a proxy for LIBOR, or the rate at which banks in london borrow and lend to each other. so there is a credit risk component involved.
I should note, too, that it's priced as 100- interest rate, so that if the interest rate is 1.20%, the eurodollars contract will be 98.80. so as rates rise, the price decreases, and in theory, the price can't go above 100, but it has before, implying negative interest rates.|||YO ALBY!
TRY INVESTING IN CANADIAN,NEW ZEALAND OR AUSSIE DOLLARS.
ESPECIALLY THE AUSSIE, THE GUYS ACROSS THE DITCH ARE BIG SUPPLIERS OF URANIUM TO THE U.S AND IRON AND MINERALS TO CHINA AND THE REST OF WORLD.
THE RETURNS ARE DEEMED TO BE SAFER, REASON BEING WHY A LOT OF CANADIANS,POMS,JAPANESE AND CHINESE ARE INVESTING HERE TO GUARANTEE FOOD SUPPLY ETC.
Is unregulated futures and speculation attacking America through cost of fuel?
According to Michael Greenberger former director of commodities futures and speculation trading is the sole cause of all fuel cost being so high.
Can the President declare war on these perpetrators since they have crippled our economy?|||A Great question!! I doubt the President can do much period.But I do honestly believe anyone who undermines the infrastructure of this country should be held for treason.Oil speculators fall in that category.As they have no regard for any segment of the population.If we would of had warning and time to prepare or make adjustments I would feel differently,however this has caught us all unawares with no time for adjustments.I could forgive the gasoline but not all the other raises that have so crippled us.When wages are not going anywhere.Just a thought.|||I believe speculative trading is the cause of oil being so high. However, I think Congress has to pass legislation regulating this somehow. One way may be to have gasoline made a public utility and have its price regulated in this manner.|||I voted for Bush. He needs to get some balls and stand up for the Country, and the working people
Can the President declare war on these perpetrators since they have crippled our economy?|||A Great question!! I doubt the President can do much period.But I do honestly believe anyone who undermines the infrastructure of this country should be held for treason.Oil speculators fall in that category.As they have no regard for any segment of the population.If we would of had warning and time to prepare or make adjustments I would feel differently,however this has caught us all unawares with no time for adjustments.I could forgive the gasoline but not all the other raises that have so crippled us.When wages are not going anywhere.Just a thought.|||I believe speculative trading is the cause of oil being so high. However, I think Congress has to pass legislation regulating this somehow. One way may be to have gasoline made a public utility and have its price regulated in this manner.|||I voted for Bush. He needs to get some balls and stand up for the Country, and the working people
For a futures contract to be successful, what characteristics should the cash market have?
What might be the reasons why some futures contracts fail?|||There are no buyers.
There is no financing for buyers.
The seller is not able to supply the wheat..|||no buyer
There is no financing for buyers.
The seller is not able to supply the wheat..|||no buyer
Since gasoline futures are retreating,will the D e m s now try to increase the fed tax on gas again?
God forbid the American consumer should see any relief.And isn't it amazing,President recinds executive ban on drilling on the outer continental shelf and oil futures drop.Think congress will follow his LEAD and recind the congressional ban?|||That's the democrat/liberal solution to everything. TAX IT! But what do you suppose is going to happen when we are all driving hybrid cars filling up LESS than before like the liberals insist? What do you suppose is going to happen to all that gas tax revenue when millions of Americans fill up once a week instead of 2 or 3 times?
See where I'm going with this?
Because they'll be making LESS on gas tax revenue thanks to hybrid cars and conservation, they will have no choice but to RAISE taxes on gas and the oil companies to make up for the loss. And what's that going to do to the cost? DRIVE IT UP! So in the end you might be driving a 45 mpg hybrid and saving planet earth, but if you think you'll be paying less for gas you're crazy. Compliments of your friendly neighborhood democrats.
(did I mention they are against domestic drilling too?)|||They won't be happy until gas is $6.00/gallon as per Al Gore's wishes.|||no liberals will say
"increase speed to mach 9, alfred the limo driver"
hugs!|||do you just love rooting for the oil companies or do you love blaming things on liberals|||Actually, because the gas tax is per gallon, and demand has been reduced, and factoring in the increased cost of road repair (operation - fuel, etc; and materials - asphalt), there will be a likely shortfall in adequate highway funds.
Now, we already have some 70,000 bridges that are in dire need of repair, along with the maintenance necessary for our roads. Investing in functioning infrastructure is important from both a safety and cost perspective. For example, bad roads cost the US public billions of dollars in unnecessary car repair. Not to mention the costs of fatalities and injuries...|||The Democrats have only cut taxes once,under JFK.
He had to fight them tooth and nail to get a tax cut.
I expect Gas taxes to rise 200% if Obomba gets in.
See where I'm going with this?
Because they'll be making LESS on gas tax revenue thanks to hybrid cars and conservation, they will have no choice but to RAISE taxes on gas and the oil companies to make up for the loss. And what's that going to do to the cost? DRIVE IT UP! So in the end you might be driving a 45 mpg hybrid and saving planet earth, but if you think you'll be paying less for gas you're crazy. Compliments of your friendly neighborhood democrats.
(did I mention they are against domestic drilling too?)|||They won't be happy until gas is $6.00/gallon as per Al Gore's wishes.|||no liberals will say
"increase speed to mach 9, alfred the limo driver"
hugs!|||do you just love rooting for the oil companies or do you love blaming things on liberals|||Actually, because the gas tax is per gallon, and demand has been reduced, and factoring in the increased cost of road repair (operation - fuel, etc; and materials - asphalt), there will be a likely shortfall in adequate highway funds.
Now, we already have some 70,000 bridges that are in dire need of repair, along with the maintenance necessary for our roads. Investing in functioning infrastructure is important from both a safety and cost perspective. For example, bad roads cost the US public billions of dollars in unnecessary car repair. Not to mention the costs of fatalities and injuries...|||The Democrats have only cut taxes once,under JFK.
He had to fight them tooth and nail to get a tax cut.
I expect Gas taxes to rise 200% if Obomba gets in.
What score must I have to get on my ACT to obtain 75 percent Bright Futures?
I'm only looking for 75 percent bright futures. What do I need to get on my ACT?|||20
"A score of 970 on the SAT or a score of 20 on the ACT and a high school weighted GPA of 3.0 of above to receive an award of $95.00 per semester hour at a four year university or $59.00 per semester hour at a two year college"
"A score of 970 on the SAT or a score of 20 on the ACT and a high school weighted GPA of 3.0 of above to receive an award of $95.00 per semester hour at a four year university or $59.00 per semester hour at a two year college"
Explain the process of how family has become nuclearized, and what are the 3 futures of family?
How has family become nuclearized in the past 2-3 centuries?
What are the 3 futures of family?
Best answer gets the points!|||There are many reason for the shift away from extended (or consanguine) families to nuclear families, but the major one is industrialization. Extended families were well adapted to agrarian societies, where many hands were needed to do farm work.
As people moved to cities, where factories were located, they had to adjust to new conditions. First of all, there were space limitations. Living quarters in cities have always been far more confined than on farms or in rural areas.
Second, people were no longer fed off the land. Food had to be purchased, and the price of purchased food required families to have fewer mouths to feed.
Third, factory workers had to be mobile. (Today, in the U.S., people typically move once every five to six years.) An extended farm family is difficult to move. It is adapted to the land. However, a nuclear family is very mobile. Moving four or five people from place to place is much simpler and easier.
So, the bottom line historically is that extended families were functional when most of society was agrarian. Now that most of society is (or is becoming) urban and industrial, nuclear families are more functional.
As for the future:
First, the age of first marriage will continue to increase. During the 1960's, the trend toward early marriage began to reverse, and the age of entry into a first marriage has steadily increased for both men and women. There are no signs that this trend will change in the foreseeable future.
Second, more people will choose to live alone. Again, this trend has already begun, and there are no signs of a reversal.
Third, small families will be the norm. In Europe and North America, when women are asked about the "perfect" number of children, the answer is zero, one, or two. In fact, many European countries have not been replacing population for decades and some are actually shrinking in population today. The U.S. keeps growing, unlike a modern, industrial, and wealthy country, because of immigration and the fact that immigrants tend to be young, most still in their reproductive years. Although they've adopted a new country, they haven't yet adopted the child-bearing pattern. But, they will eventually.
Fourth, there will be more unmarried couple households, more children born out of wedlock, and a high, but slightly declining divorce rate. The high rate is due to traditional factors (decline of religious influence, among them). But, the decline will partly be due to the fact that a smaller percentage of the population will actually enter into marriage to begin with.
You can extrapolate a lot more from this information, but this should be a good start.
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What are the 3 futures of family?
Best answer gets the points!|||There are many reason for the shift away from extended (or consanguine) families to nuclear families, but the major one is industrialization. Extended families were well adapted to agrarian societies, where many hands were needed to do farm work.
As people moved to cities, where factories were located, they had to adjust to new conditions. First of all, there were space limitations. Living quarters in cities have always been far more confined than on farms or in rural areas.
Second, people were no longer fed off the land. Food had to be purchased, and the price of purchased food required families to have fewer mouths to feed.
Third, factory workers had to be mobile. (Today, in the U.S., people typically move once every five to six years.) An extended farm family is difficult to move. It is adapted to the land. However, a nuclear family is very mobile. Moving four or five people from place to place is much simpler and easier.
So, the bottom line historically is that extended families were functional when most of society was agrarian. Now that most of society is (or is becoming) urban and industrial, nuclear families are more functional.
As for the future:
First, the age of first marriage will continue to increase. During the 1960's, the trend toward early marriage began to reverse, and the age of entry into a first marriage has steadily increased for both men and women. There are no signs that this trend will change in the foreseeable future.
Second, more people will choose to live alone. Again, this trend has already begun, and there are no signs of a reversal.
Third, small families will be the norm. In Europe and North America, when women are asked about the "perfect" number of children, the answer is zero, one, or two. In fact, many European countries have not been replacing population for decades and some are actually shrinking in population today. The U.S. keeps growing, unlike a modern, industrial, and wealthy country, because of immigration and the fact that immigrants tend to be young, most still in their reproductive years. Although they've adopted a new country, they haven't yet adopted the child-bearing pattern. But, they will eventually.
Fourth, there will be more unmarried couple households, more children born out of wedlock, and a high, but slightly declining divorce rate. The high rate is due to traditional factors (decline of religious influence, among them). But, the decline will partly be due to the fact that a smaller percentage of the population will actually enter into marriage to begin with.
You can extrapolate a lot more from this information, but this should be a good start.
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Is there any mutual fund which is dealing in Commodity Futures Market in India?
Which one is better?? Mutual fund, share market or Commodity Futures Market in India for small money investment.
Can some one give more info. about Commodity Futures Market in India?? and how they work? how to invest?|||There is no mutual fund as people are not so exposed to that in India.
For small investors, stability wise the ranking is mutual funds, then stocks, then commodity futures. Commodities are most fluctuating hence risky. You can trade in commodity future by opening an account with any brokerage/ bank.
Can some one give more info. about Commodity Futures Market in India?? and how they work? how to invest?|||There is no mutual fund as people are not so exposed to that in India.
For small investors, stability wise the ranking is mutual funds, then stocks, then commodity futures. Commodities are most fluctuating hence risky. You can trade in commodity future by opening an account with any brokerage/ bank.
What is the return on invested capital to an investor who purchased a futures contract...?
What is the return on invested capital to an investor who purchased a futures contract at a price of 297 and sells the contract for 308? The contract is on 5,000 units, requires a 3% margin deposit and is priced in cents per unit.|||Here's my calculation for your problem:
Initial trade = 5,000 * 2.97 = 14,850
3% margin = 14,850 * 0.03 = $445.50
Liquidation of position = 5,000 * 3.08 = 15,400
Gain = $15,400 - $14,850 = $550
If the entire "invested capital" is the margin deposit of $445.50, then the return is:
$550/$445.50 = 123%
This exercise shows the powerful leverage available in the futures markets. What would have been the loss had the position declined to 277? Not only would the initial margin deposit be gone, but the investor would owe the broker an additional $554.50, for a loss of 224%!
Initial trade = 5,000 * 2.97 = 14,850
3% margin = 14,850 * 0.03 = $445.50
Liquidation of position = 5,000 * 3.08 = 15,400
Gain = $15,400 - $14,850 = $550
If the entire "invested capital" is the margin deposit of $445.50, then the return is:
$550/$445.50 = 123%
This exercise shows the powerful leverage available in the futures markets. What would have been the loss had the position declined to 277? Not only would the initial margin deposit be gone, but the investor would owe the broker an additional $554.50, for a loss of 224%!
What happens if you exercise a futures call option?
i understand that if you exercise a call option on stocks, you can purchase the stocks for the strike price which is below the stock's market value, consequently getting a profit. But i am confused as to how futures would work in this manner.|||The buyer of a call option acquires the right but not the obligation to purchase (go long) a particular futures contract at a specified price at any time during the life of the option. Each option specifies the futures contract which may be purchased (known as the "underlying" futures contract) and the price at which it can be purchased (known as the "exercise" or "strike" price). A March Treasury bond 84 call option would convey the right to buy one March U.S. Treasury bond futures contract at a price of $84,000 at any time during the life of the option. One reason for buying call options is to profit from an anticipated increase in the underlying futures price. A call option buyer will realize a net profit if, upon exercise, the underlying futures price is above the option exercise price by more than the premium paid for the option. Or a profit can be realized it, prior to expiration, the option rights can be sold for more than they cost. Example: You expect lower interest rates to result in higher bond prices (interest rates and bond prices move inversely). To profit if you are right, you buy a June T-bond 82 call. Assume the premium you pay is $2,000. If, at the expiration of the option (in May) the June T-bond futures price is 88, you can realize a gain of 6 (that's $6,000) by exercising or selling the option that was purchased at 82. Since you paid $2,000 for the option, your net profit is $4,000 less transaction costs. As mentioned, the most that an option buyer can lose is the option premium plus transaction costs. Thus, in the preceding example, the most you could have lost--no matter how wrong you might have been about the direction and timing of interest rates and bond prices--would have been the $2,000 premium you paid for the option plus transaction costs. In contrast if you had an outright long position in the underlying futures contract, your potential loss would be unlimited. It should be pointed out, however, that while an option buyer has a limited risk (the loss of the option premium), his profit potential is reduced by the amount of the premium. In the example, the option buyer realized a net profit of $4,000. For someone with an outright long position in the June T-bond futures contract, an increase in the futures price from 82 to 88 would have yielded a net profit of $6,000 less transaction costs. Although an option buyer cannot lose more than the premium paid for the option, he can lose the entire amount of the premium. This will be the case if an option held until expiration is not worthwhile to exercise.|||If you exercise a futures call option, you will receive ownership of the underlying futures contract. Once you own the futures contract, you can decide if you want to sell it, or exercise. A futures option is just a derivative of a derivative, so the mechanics of exercise and assignment are the same except for the fact that you are one more step removed from the underlying security.|||Is there a futures option??
How do I invest in oil futures?
Just looked up some q%26amp;a's about oil investment.
I want to invest in oil futures and not in the oil companies themselves.
How do I go about doing this?|||Open a brokerage account with someone that supports commodity futures. There are plenty out there.|||Open a Futures Account.|||I bought some of the lil happy sticker tink tink and went around for no good money and five dollar discount at cosco's at cosco onlyif u want some and one time girls in a jar. When that happens what do u say my lil pimkls? NOW THAT'S A TWO BY FOUR TECHNO DISCO CLUB FILLED WITH NOSHRIMP AT A CAR SALESMEN!!! AND WHEN U RUN ROUND WHERE??? OPERA IS NOT ONLY ON OPERA BUT SHE IS ON OpERA!!!!LKJH AMY GIVE ME BAG MY SQUAKY TOY OR I WILL NEUTER, SPAY, AND GET U A CAN FULL OF NO MORE CHAROLOTTE, I AM READY TO MOVE ON AND NEVER GO THE MALL AGAIN WHEN I EAT SOME OLD PEA SOUP, NO WAY. when a lil' boy gets all fed up he walked down my soup and found the left run as fast as u can, omg car!!! SWERVE RIGHT NO LEFT, QUICK STOP AT JOEY'S MEAT MARKET I NEED A MEATLOAF FOR SOME OF THEM ICE SPICE GIRLS IN ASIA:"?NEVER IF I SEE THAT BOY, AND A GIRL IN A TOOTOOOTTTO? WILL they ever make a car made of 50% gas, tele, Dakota Fanning and her brother air conditioner, and some|||1) Apply to open an account with a stock/commodities broker.
2) Out of sentiment, kiss your money bye, bye. You may never see any of it again.|||you go to your petrol station, buy as much as you want, then wait for the future... simple huh?|||http://www.xpresstrade.com/?engine=ino
contact them...|||If you play in oil futures, please don't come back b!tching about the price of oil or telling us how its GWB's fault.|||Yes, you will have to open a trading account with a broker. Almost every broker requires $5,000 minimum to open an account. Call around and ask a bunch of them to send you a starter kit to get all the forms and particulars.|||You need to set-up an account with a commodities broker. Try the Great pacific trading Company. I have used them in the past and was happy with there service.
I want to invest in oil futures and not in the oil companies themselves.
How do I go about doing this?|||Open a brokerage account with someone that supports commodity futures. There are plenty out there.|||Open a Futures Account.|||I bought some of the lil happy sticker tink tink and went around for no good money and five dollar discount at cosco's at cosco onlyif u want some and one time girls in a jar. When that happens what do u say my lil pimkls? NOW THAT'S A TWO BY FOUR TECHNO DISCO CLUB FILLED WITH NOSHRIMP AT A CAR SALESMEN!!! AND WHEN U RUN ROUND WHERE??? OPERA IS NOT ONLY ON OPERA BUT SHE IS ON OpERA!!!!LKJH AMY GIVE ME BAG MY SQUAKY TOY OR I WILL NEUTER, SPAY, AND GET U A CAN FULL OF NO MORE CHAROLOTTE, I AM READY TO MOVE ON AND NEVER GO THE MALL AGAIN WHEN I EAT SOME OLD PEA SOUP, NO WAY. when a lil' boy gets all fed up he walked down my soup and found the left run as fast as u can, omg car!!! SWERVE RIGHT NO LEFT, QUICK STOP AT JOEY'S MEAT MARKET I NEED A MEATLOAF FOR SOME OF THEM ICE SPICE GIRLS IN ASIA:"?NEVER IF I SEE THAT BOY, AND A GIRL IN A TOOTOOOTTTO? WILL they ever make a car made of 50% gas, tele, Dakota Fanning and her brother air conditioner, and some|||1) Apply to open an account with a stock/commodities broker.
2) Out of sentiment, kiss your money bye, bye. You may never see any of it again.|||you go to your petrol station, buy as much as you want, then wait for the future... simple huh?|||http://www.xpresstrade.com/?engine=ino
contact them...|||If you play in oil futures, please don't come back b!tching about the price of oil or telling us how its GWB's fault.|||Yes, you will have to open a trading account with a broker. Almost every broker requires $5,000 minimum to open an account. Call around and ask a bunch of them to send you a starter kit to get all the forms and particulars.|||You need to set-up an account with a commodities broker. Try the Great pacific trading Company. I have used them in the past and was happy with there service.
Where i can find reliable broker in the futures in Australia?
When I was in US i were trading on ICE Futures U.S, but I moved to Australia recently. So now I'm also looking for a on-line broker in the futures, options... Any ideas?|||http://www.brokerone.com.au/|||I use Enfinium International http://www.enfiniuminternational.com.au ... they provide stocks, options, futures, cfd's and forex
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What time does the FDAX futures market open in CET?
I'm using Ninja-trader to trade futures and I can see charts for FDAX 12-10 Eurex. I was wondering what times CET it opens and closes.
Any help much appreciated.|||At current point in time there is very little independence in the DAX. It might be interesting to look at intraday trades during the morning session, before the US futures kick-in. Anyway, I鈥檓 not an intraday trader. For me it appears as if the DAX is more trend persistent, so playing trend following strategies are the better choice.
Any help much appreciated.|||At current point in time there is very little independence in the DAX. It might be interesting to look at intraday trades during the morning session, before the US futures kick-in. Anyway, I鈥檓 not an intraday trader. For me it appears as if the DAX is more trend persistent, so playing trend following strategies are the better choice.
How do you invest in futures?
and what are good futures to invest in?|||To invest in futures (or, more precisely, to speculate in futures), you need to open an account with a futures broker. The good futures to speculate in are the ones whose price change you can forecast better than a random guess does.|||ING DIRECT 4.5% SAVINGS ACCOUNT|||If you're a beginner at investing in the stock market, then I would recommend to you to start with stocks because futures are better left for more experienced stock market investors or for sophisticated investors. Otherwise, you could easily lose your whole capital. I hate to be mean, but, if you have to ask this question, you are probably not ready to invest in futures.|||Muga is correct. Futures are not for the timid or faint of heart. The majority of stock traders would never make it in the futures market because they don't have the right disposition. Futures trading requires a VERY HIGH risk tolerance level and the majority of people do not have that.
I'll give you an example. Let's say you think XYZ Corp. stock is going to go up and you buy 1,000 shares at $25 per. You spent $25,000. Let's say you're wrong and the stock plunges to $10 per, so you sustained a $15 per share loss or a $15,000 on 1,000 shares. That's a lot of money to lose. Now, let's take a futures trade. Let's say you're looking at Crude oil and it's trading at $82 and you think it's going to go up. The margin is about $4,000 (in futures, margin is a good faith deposit to cover the futures position). So, let's say you margin 6 contracts for a total investment of $24,000. Let's say you're wrong and crude drops to $75. Do you know how much you've just lost? In futures, the price is per what ever number of units the contract controls. So, you sustained a $7 loss ($82 - $75 = $7). Now, that's $7 per barrel - 1 contract controls 1,000 barrels so you just lost $7000 per contract. Multiply that by 6 contracts and you just lost $42,000. Now only did you lose the entire $24,000 margin, but you now need to come up with an additional $18,000 to cover the balance of the loss. Futures contracts have the potential for both Unlimited GAINS as well as Unlimited LOSSES.
Futures are among THE RISKIEST investment vehicles there are, you BETTER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING if you trade them. But, only you can decide if they are right for you. Do A LOT of research into them to see if you have the temperment and risk tolerance levels to trade them.
With that said, the best futures to trade are the ones with high liquiditiy. If you need to get out of a trade, you may not be able to in a thinly traded contract. In the very liquid contracts, you'll be able to get out now problem. For example, Eurodollar, S%26amp;P 500, 3 month Euribor, 30 day Fed Funds Rate contracts are very liquid while Lumber, Sugar and Cattle contracts are very thinly traded.
Hope this helps
I'll give you an example. Let's say you think XYZ Corp. stock is going to go up and you buy 1,000 shares at $25 per. You spent $25,000. Let's say you're wrong and the stock plunges to $10 per, so you sustained a $15 per share loss or a $15,000 on 1,000 shares. That's a lot of money to lose. Now, let's take a futures trade. Let's say you're looking at Crude oil and it's trading at $82 and you think it's going to go up. The margin is about $4,000 (in futures, margin is a good faith deposit to cover the futures position). So, let's say you margin 6 contracts for a total investment of $24,000. Let's say you're wrong and crude drops to $75. Do you know how much you've just lost? In futures, the price is per what ever number of units the contract controls. So, you sustained a $7 loss ($82 - $75 = $7). Now, that's $7 per barrel - 1 contract controls 1,000 barrels so you just lost $7000 per contract. Multiply that by 6 contracts and you just lost $42,000. Now only did you lose the entire $24,000 margin, but you now need to come up with an additional $18,000 to cover the balance of the loss. Futures contracts have the potential for both Unlimited GAINS as well as Unlimited LOSSES.
Futures are among THE RISKIEST investment vehicles there are, you BETTER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING if you trade them. But, only you can decide if they are right for you. Do A LOT of research into them to see if you have the temperment and risk tolerance levels to trade them.
With that said, the best futures to trade are the ones with high liquiditiy. If you need to get out of a trade, you may not be able to in a thinly traded contract. In the very liquid contracts, you'll be able to get out now problem. For example, Eurodollar, S%26amp;P 500, 3 month Euribor, 30 day Fed Funds Rate contracts are very liquid while Lumber, Sugar and Cattle contracts are very thinly traded.
Hope this helps
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