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Oversimplification. It can be very profitable if used in conjunction with other indicators, market sentiment, etc.

Second wave

I meant the amateurs buying the high/low not whether the trade was profitable.

I'm not so sure about this. It used to be that amateurs would buy all time highs and then inevitably get hit by the institutions along the way. Now it seems amateurs have been taught to buy the dip

In November I want to sell you something and you want to buy it from me at a specified price. I think the market is going down so I want to fix the price now and avoid the risk of a loss. I do not want to give you an option where you can get out of the trade even though I get a little premium...

Swaps are another reason that companies use these derivatives. More so in interest rate swaps but they can sometimes involve equity futures

Because they need to take delivery of a product/commodity.

Companies use futures to reduce risk by locking in price so it's more stable for them. If you remove futures, they will just find some other way to transfer that price risk. That is for commodity futures. Equity futures I could kind of see the reason for removing then though it's the same thing...

It's for spread betting. Guaranteed stops will just cost you a lot in the long run

That's a load of parabolics.

The thing is, to manipulate a market you either have to be the market maker, have more money than the market participants combined, or be in an illiquid contract. I find that hard to believe in the oil contracts. It's not a penny stock.

Having traded through the flash crash in 2010, the problem was getting your stop filled. If you are in an active day trade with a reasonably close stop, it's ok. You might slip a bit but the carnage then happens after. The problem is when you have limits set well below and they trigger, then...

Always a suggestion :) It was FOMC day when I opened so kind of risky

Took half off at 420. Holding for 400

I would try a short here back to 425 possibly 400

Even friends around the dinner table are starting to say don't short Tesla. Kind of a give away that something downward will happen soon.

Good trade normally but the Robinhood crowd are probably buying the dips still.

Take off half say a target. Use a moving average to trail the rest.

Omg omg omg. Lol

Depends... maybe they are trading in tax free savings accounts where you can't use leverage.