Why is the Futures market supposedly more difficult?

generally, the economics of valuation are different. the price of a stock isn't necessarily tied directly to the supply of anything. a company can grow and issue and grow and issue and grow and issue, etc. etc.

a futures contract has an opposite on every trade and is tied directly to the supply and demand of a commodity or underlying.
 
Quote from newguy1:

"... "futures is harder than equities"... Why in this case is futures more difficult? Is it easier to sclap for a 1 cent move vs. a 1 tick move..."
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Futures are too noisy to "scalp for a tick". Only a noob or a fool would try.
 
Have you heard the expression, "A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others."

I am both.
 
Quote from gnome:

Futures are too noisy to "scalp for a tick". Only a noob or a fool would try.
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I don't scalp them, since I no longer have the energy for that game.... however, there are a large number of professional traders making a great deal of money scalping for ticks...
 
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I don't scalp them, since I no longer have the energy for that game.... however, there are a large number of professional traders making a great deal of money scalping for ticks...
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My guess is that's a myth. There may be a few, but a "large" number? And whatever there are, they probably have a front-running edge of some sort.
 
Quote from gnome:

Have you heard the expression, "A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others."

I am both.
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Well, that's a good enough proof for me.

I hope it's good enough for all the other folk who might have tried this dead end.
 
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