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September 20th, 2012, 06:49 PM

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Why futures instead of equities/ETFs/spot forex?

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Posted By justrading

If you trade for a living, then that is what puts...

If you trade for a living, then that is what puts the food on your table. If you blow your capital, that is the end of trading and you need to find another way to put food on the table.

That's all...

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September 20th, 2012, 07:13 AM

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Why futures instead of equities/ETFs/spot forex?

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Posted By justrading

I have not looked much into narrowing the time...

I have not looked much into narrowing the time frame, as I really prefer to minimise my time in front of the computer watching the market tick.

I must say that your view on capital preservation...

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September 20th, 2012, 05:35 AM

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Why futures instead of equities/ETFs/spot forex?

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Posted By justrading

I believe this would very much depend on the size...

I believe this would very much depend on the size of the account and the style of risk management one adopts.

Here, I can only speak for myself. In swing trading, I typically set a stop about 2x...

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September 19th, 2012, 05:54 AM

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Why futures instead of equities/ETFs/spot forex?

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Posted By justrading

ETFs or e-minis & e-micros

In a journal here when the topic came to capital required to day trade successfully, I noted that ETFs could be a satisfactory proxy for Futures. Not perfectly correlated, and some apparently decay...

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