Tag Archive for: Futures in trading
Coffee futures: 7 things you should know
According to the International Coffee Organization (ICO), coffee futures in the developing countries are the second most popular (after crude oil) traded commodity, which plays the role of the source of the foreign currency supply. Speaking about the history of coffee, we should say that, according to the existing data, the first coffee shop was […]
Top-6 most unusual futures
The original idea of using futures contracts was in helping farmers to be insured from unfavourable fluctuations of prices on primary products. As of now, the industry significantly expanded and includes a lot more players. Futures contracts allow their holders to buy or sell a physical asset or trading instrument on a specified date at […]
A futures position: calculate the optimal size
Perhaps the most important question a trader asks himself sounds like this: “What is acceptable risk for the next trade?”. The main factor which justifies risk increase is the position size or, in other words, a number of contracts acquired by a trader as a result of a trade execution. The trade size has several […]
The magic of round numbers
From time to time we acquaint you with interesting analytical articles of foreign authors. Earlier we published a study of Jan Firich about breakouts of the initial balance and today we will discuss the meaning of round numbers in trading with currency pairs and futures. This article is based on materials of Carol Osler, a […]
Trading for beginners. First steps on the exchange.
“You can be a free man. You can live and work anywhere in the world, be independent from routine and not answer to anybody. This is the life of a successful trader. Many aspire to it but few succeed” (Alexander Elder)
Volatile futures. What is it and how to make money from it?
Volatility… Futures… Strange and a bit intimidating words for a beginner in financial markets. But, in fact, everything is simple. We already wrote about futures for beginners in detail. Now, let’s find out what volatility is. Read in this article: about volatility in simple words; how to measure volatility; indicators; how to address volatility in […]
Natural gas price dynamics. Chart. Analysis.
Natural gas futures (NG) is: the third world biggest commodity delivery futures contract by volume; widely used as a national natural gas benchmark price and the most important world energy source; allowing market participants carrying out hedging for risk management, connected with the natural gas price volatility, caused by the demand.