Where To Start With Futures Trading?

[chicagodon]

Quote from ChkitOut:

I know you mentioned you wanted to swing trade so why bother with futures at all?

I can understand if you were intraday trading and wanted high leverage and perhaps wanted to avoid the PDT rule with equities if you had a smaller budget but if you want to swing trade then i cant think of any good reason to even bother with futures.

I srongly urge you to swing trade equities where you have thousands of setups to choose from. You can go out and find any behavior you are looking for on any given day, break outs, reversals, ranges, news plays, you name it.

why futures?

Thanks for the advice.. I've had mild success with equities, just wanted to learn more about the futures market

 

[ammo]

swing trading futures,depending on which,they are open practically 24/7,a big news event could drop a stock 20 before it opens,you are a sitting duck,you could spread options in lieu of stock,cheaper and safer