Future Trading

“A Future trading is a financial exchange where people can trade future contracts”. Simply, it is buying or selling a specified quantity and quality of a financial instrument at a specified time in the future at a price determined at the time of purchase and sale. Many people take it as a complicated, high stakes, risky business. This misconception is due to the lack of the proper financial knowledge and a clear understanding of its purpose. Because of high gain and financial security in future market, many professional traders don’t trade the stock market any longer.
The best way to start the trade is to get educated. Many seminars are offered by reputable broking houses to learn future trading from experienced traders. A specialized mentor can save a lot of time and money.  Most traders are now relying on technical analysis to predict price fluctuation, to predict entry or exit price levels and timing. There is no magic formula exists to analyze the market. Fundamental analysis is one way to evaluate whether a market is likely to go higher or lower.
Future contracts can be purchased on margin, meaning that an investor can buy a contract with a partial loan from his or her broker. Maintenance Margin is the amount of money that a trader must maintain in his account in order to keep a future position running. If cash balance falls below this level, he/she would receive “Margin Call”, a notification from broker to top up his/her margin balance with cash back up to its initial margin level.  It is done so that trader’s entire equity can’t be wiped out. Future trading is a zero-sum game; means if somebody makes a million dollars, somebody else loses a million dollars. Future traders have an incredible amount of leverage on them. Despite of all these problems, future trading is one of the best ways to make some quick profit.