Best to avoid trading futures in times like this, but if you must, make sure you know what you are doing, and use proper risk management like the stop loss and take profit features, also ensure you are only trading with an amount of money you can afford to lose, and remember not to put all your eggs in one basket.
Happy trading ya all.
Trading futures is a very serious form of investing that can lead to big wins or losses. I have tried it myself in the past with mixed results and I would recommend anybody interested in it to first try their strategies in demo accounts. We are facing again a period of high volatility, which usually means that traders can make a decent profit. Trading futures just means that we have leverage on our positions and don't need to put all our money down to buy an asset. Just because we start trading futures doesn't mean we need to go into debt. After developing a successful trading strategy in simulations or a demo accounts it's good to start small. I would recommend anybody at first to make sure that we have enough capital to cover the notional of the futures contract. Once the strategy proves to be profitable it can always be scaled up with additional money. The biggest risk is the fear of missing out just because prices jumped up 15% in a short period of time. I would always prefer to follow my own research and strategy than following the herd and be late to the party.