Futures or Stocks?! The truth

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You don't have to list every sale on your return!
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is that true? last year I still had to list my trades - each and everyone of them. Are you saying I just do a net P&L for the year?
 
Quote from Neet:

If you suck, sure.
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Point being, you can let yourself go awol in equities and probably still come out alive by 4pm -- much more forgiving. In futures every day can be your last, they will give you that much rope if you take it.
 
Quote from illiquid:

Point being, you can let yourself go awol in equities and probably still come out alive by 4pm -- much more forgiving. In futures every day can be your last, they will give you that much rope if you take it.
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Couldn't agree more.
 
Quote from whitster:

i trade both

there ARE market makers in futures. but a market maker does not have the influence that he would have with stock. that's obvious, because futures can be arbed with underlyings, etc.

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Most stock traders that switch over trade indeces via Globex. Its computer matched. No humans intervene. I get fills in about half a second.
 
Quote from Spectra:


Depleting ones account is usually a turning point in which the newbie sayd "Alright dang it, time to get serious!!'
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lol....aint that the truth.
 
Quote from andread:

Just for curiosity: how would that compare to Forex? Forex also seems to have similar advantages
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It does, and there are currency futures... but the main disadvantage I know of with forex is that (as far as I know) it's nearly impossible to scalp. You don't get to see order flow or a level II, so position or purely technically trading makes sense, but scalping like one can in futures or equities isn't feasable.
 
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