Quote from: Huppercase on Today at 05:20:14 PM

Quote from: laubeaud on August 20, 2024, 09:00:06 AM

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I hope you do realize that there are different types of trades, while there is spot trading which is always favorable when you follow the trend, when the market becomes uncertain and doesn't move in your direction, that's when you look at other type of trades, there is option, there is future trading which has its own forms again and we also have margin trading. You can enjoy all these tradings when the trend decide to go against you and there is money on them.

However, because of the leverage involve in them, you can't enjoy such trading in way to make money comfortably, if you increase your leverage, the more risky the trade becomes and the less you leverage your position, the better it becomes again but less the profit. Whichever you want, the choice is yours to make but low leverage are the best with future trading, anything other than that is gambling and you know what gambling is about.

In reality, it is true that futures trading tends to be more difficult than spot trading. Even though the trading strategy can be the same, sometimes the difficulty traders experience is when they have to fight themselves not to play with high leverage. Many future traders experience losing all their money due to margin calls when they play with high leverage, obviously they get big losses.

Futures trading is not bad and I think it is quite liquid for those who understand it. Playing with low leverage, for example 5 or under 10, is certainly better, but sometimes the market is very unfriendly. A futures trader doesn't always make a profit even if they really understand how it works, but occasionally they can make big profits.