When to close a profitable trade?
/in For Beginner Traders, Volume AnalysisThe modern futures market is a dynamic environment, which is characterized by significant and fast fluctuations of futures contract prices. Being under conditions of an unstable market situation, traders often have to make decisions about closing profitable trades very fast. Ability to systematically make immediate trading decisions makes a difference between successful traders and the […]
Imbalance: how to make money under any conditions
/in Basics of Volume AnalysisMany exchange traders often execute trades the idea of which could be compared with buying potable water in a hot desert or selling ice on the North Pole. Sometimes it is very difficult to avoid such a situation trading in the futures market. Analysis of imbalance can help you to solve this widely-spread problem. Read […]
Top-6 most unusual futures
/in Market theory, Volume AnalysisThe 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
/in Funds Management, Volume AnalysisPerhaps 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 […]
A futures trader: 3 basic skills
/in For Beginner Traders, Volume AnalysisIt is quite easy to become a futures trader due to rapid development of information technologies and also constant improvement of the trading and analytical ATAS platform. Everything you need is a computer, Internet access, free download of the platform using the link below and trading capital. Easy, isn’t it? Nevertheless, it is much more […]
How to open an account on the exchange. Demo account.
/in For Beginner Traders, Volume AnalysisDo you want to open: A real account on the exchange for real trading? A demo account for training? A PAMM account for passive income? In any case, to open an account you need to contact a broker. In this article we will tell you: How to open an account with a broker? What you […]