This online futures trading course will teach you how to trade futures. Learn about rules, charts, ticks, and strategies in our classes. This course is included with any Bullish Bears paid membership.
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What You’ll Learn in Our Futures Trading Course
- Basics of futures trading
- Benefits of trading micro futures
- Points and tick values
- Futures trading hours
- Notional value explained
- How the initial margin works
- How maintenance margin works
- Choosing a futures broker
- How to set up your futures charts
- How to read tick charts
- How to choose your tick
- Searching for wedges, tops, and breakouts
- How to use futures trading indicators
- How to use the 20-bar EMA
- How to do limit order scalping
- The proper mindset when trading
- How to trade the market open
- How to trade breakouts
- How to make money trading
Futures Trading Course Requirements
- Get access by becoming a Bullish Bears monthly or yearly member
- A solid desire to become a futures trader
- An understanding that futures trading is risky and hard
- Passionate about wanting to learn futures trading
- Commitment to completing thisfutures trading course
Futures Trading Course Description
Our online futures trading course is designed to teach you the skills to become an independent futures trader. In this course, you’ll learn how to set your futures charts margin requirements, understand theCOT report, indicators, and the most popular trading strategies, and prepare for live futures trading action.
The Bullish Bears futures trading classes are tailored to give you theessential information to become a safe and effective futures trader. Still, it’s up to you to implement the knowledge that we teach you.
What else?
- Access this futures trading course and all of our othertrading coursesas long as you are a member
- Our futures trading classes will be updated with new content
- You willgain access to the Bullish Bears options and futurestrade room
- You will gain access to theBullish Bear’s live daily streams
Who this futures trading course is for
- If you want to learn how to trade futures
- If you are looking to become a serious futures trader
- If you are looking for a perfect futures trading strategy, this course isn’t for you
- If you are committed to completing our futures trading course and furthering your trading knowledge
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What Is Futures Trading?
The futures market allows traders to trade several sectors in the stock market by purchasingcontracts for specified products. These contracts are much less complicated than trading options but a little bit more complicated than trading shares of a specific stock. There’s a bit of jargon to learn. However, there are a lot less terms to learn than options.
When trading options, traders are entering into a legal agreement. There is both a buyer and seller. “Something” is being contracted. There are a few basic future terms that make up a contract. Terms include notional value, ticks, tick size, margin, points, and handles.
Notional value is the value orspot price of the underlying asset. It determines the value of the futures contract. With stocks, each move up in price is measured in dollars. In the future, each move up is called a point. So, 1 point = $1.
Each underlying asset, such as /ES, /CL, /GC, moves in ticks. Each tick value is different based on the different assets. For instance, the /ES is measured in $0.25 ticks. So, four ticks make up a 1 point move. Each tick in the /ES is worth $12.50, so a 1-point move in the /ES is worth $50. If you have one contract and the futures move up or down 1 point ($1), you can make or lose $50 for each contract. We will teach you how all of this works in our futures trading course.
Am I on the Hook?
The great news is that you don’t have to take hold or deliver the product contracted with Futures. So, you don’t need truckloads of gold or oil delivered to your house, and you’re not responsible for delivering these commodities to someone else either. The futures market allows traders to trade products such as gold, oil, wheat, corn, and the overall market using contracts within their brokerage account.
Again, the great news is that your futures tradingbroker will handle everything for you automatically within your brokerage account. The process is very simple and nothing to worry about. There are some very important stipulations to be aware of, which we will teach and show you in our future course. The most important aspects of choosing the right broker include margin requirements, order execution, and how good their charts are.
Sectors
There are nine different e-mini futures and micro futures categories that you can trade, and then different products under each category.
The differentstock indexes are /ES, /NQ, /RTY, /EMD, /YM, /NKD, /VX, /BTC, /MES, /MNQ, /M2K, /MYM, /MME, and the futures trading hours are 5 pm – 3:15 pm ct & 3:30 – 4 pm Sunday thru Friday, except for /BT which is 5 pm – 4 pm.
The interest rate symbols are /ZT, /ZF, /ZN, /TN, /ZB, /GE, /ZQ, /GLB, and/UB. The futures trading hours for interest rates are Sunday through Friday, 5 pm – 4 pm.
Metals symbols are /SIL, /GC, /SI, /HG, /MGC, /YG, /YI, /PL, and /PA. The futures hours for metals are Sunday through Friday, 5 pm – 4 pm. /YG and /YI have futures hours of 7 pm – 4 pm.
Categories
Currency symbols are /6A, /6B, /6C, /M6A, /M6B, /M6E, /J7, /6E, /6J, /6M, /E7, /6N, /6S, /DX, and the futures hours are Sunday thru Friday 5 pm – 4 pm, except for /DX which is 7 pm – 4 pm.
Energy symbols are /BZ, /QG, /RB, /HO, /CL, /NG, and /QM. Trading hours are Sunday through Friday, 5 pm – 4 pm.
Grains are /ZC, /XC, /XW, /XK, /KE, /ZO, /ZS, /ZM, /ZL, /ZW. Hours are Sunday through Friday from 7 pm – 7:45 am and vary from 8:30 am – 1:20/1:45 pm.
Softsare /CC, /KC, /CT, /OJ, /SB. Futures hours vary on all of these.
Forest symbol is /LBS and trades Monday – Thursday 9 am – 4 pm and Friday 9 am – 1:55 pm.
Livestock symbols are /GF, /HE, and /LE, and trade Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 1:05 pm.
Learn Micro Futures in Our Futures Trading Course
/MES is the ticker symbol for micro futures. It moves in $0.25 ticks just like the /ES, but the tick value differs. The tick value for micro futures is $1.25. Every 1-point move would be $5. So, each 1-point point move up or down would be the equivalent of a $5 gain or loss.
We can’t overstate our excitement for micro futures for several different reasons. They are a great way to practice trading futures before upgrading to the e-minis. Once your strategy is mastered, it’s much easier to migrate up to e-minis. The futures charts will remain identical, but the profits and losses will increase. We will show you what we mean in our futures trading course.
Another benefit of trading micros is that you no longer have to trade small-cap stocks. They are a fantastic way to grow a small account and practice becoming a trader. Again, the world of trading futures has opened up to most traders, no longer those with a large trading account.
Our recommendation is to practice paper trading futures first. Then, once you’ve mastered your strategy, start trading in a real account with /MES first and slowly scale your way up to the /ES once you feel comfortable.
Futures Trading Course Content
Charts
How to Setup Your Futures Charts
How to Read Tick Charts
How to Choose the Right Tick for You
How to Trade Wedges – Tops – Breakouts
How to Use the 20 Bar Exponential Moving Average Line
Futures Trading Indicators Explained
Rules
Understanding Futures Margin
How to Place Trades Using the DOM
Globex Futures Explained
Understanding the COT Report
How to Find Trades on Every Bar
How to Use Correct Position Sizing
40-60 World Explained
How to Place Futures Trades
Futures Testing and Practice Explained
How to Do Limit Order Scalping
How to Have the Proper Mindset When Trading
Don’t Listen to the Talking Heads
Stock Market 10-Year Outlook Broken Down
Strategies
Popular Futures Trading Strategies
How to Trade the Failed Bear Flag
How to Trade the NQ
How to Trade the Cut N Reverse
How to Trade the Opening Range Breakout
How to Trade the 2Fer
How to Call Your Shots When Trading
How to Trade the Open
How to Trade Breakouts
Secret Futures Trading Strategies
How to Make Money in the Stock Market
Courses Included
Stock Market Basics
Discover stock basics such as your trading style, creating a trading plan, and getting started
Day Trading Basics
Discover day trading basics such as the PDT rule, indicators, charting, and different strategies
Swing Trading Basics
Discover swing trading basics, indicators, charting, and different strategies
Options Trading Basics
Discover why people trade options, positives and negatives, and their basic components
Candlesticks eBook
Discover how to trade candlesticks with entry and exit levels in our free eBook
Day Trading Course
Learn how to scan for the top gappers, support and resistance, and trade the most popular strategies. Also, learn how to apply day trading strategies in the real world
Swing Trading Course
Learn the differences of stocks v options, read charts and trade the most popular strategies. Also, learn how to apply swing trading strategies in the real world
Options Trading Course
Learn how to sell options, the umbrella of spreads, and trade the most popular strategies. Also, learn how to apply options strategies in the real world
Price Action Course
Learn about the most popular candlestick and reversal patterns, with how to trade them. Also, learn how to apply price action strategies in the real world
Live Trades Library
Learn how to place real live trades in our recorded trades video library. 7+ hours of real live day trades and 1+ hours of real live options trades
Frequently Asked Questions
What Are the Trading Strategies of Futures?
How Can I Learn Futures Trading?
Which Trading Platform Is Best for Futures?
Where Can I Learn Futures Trading?
The best way to learn futures trading is in a course and trade room. A course will teach you the knowledge about the different strategies. Then, a futures trading room will teach you how to trade them live in real time. Futures trading strategies are a great way to grow small and large trading accounts. E-mini futures are the most popular to trade. However, micro futures are a hot commodity in the market. Micro-futures allow traders to trade with a small account, which has changed the game in the futures market.
More Frequently Asked Questions
How Do I Become a Futures Trader?
There aren’t any degrees of financial qualifications required to become a futures trader. Anyone can trade futures if they open a brokerage account and fund it. It’s important to learn how futures work before trading them.
How Long Does It Take to Learn Futures Trading?
It can take 1-5 years to learn futures trading, but these results aren’t typical. Most traders are not successful. Many factors go into becoming a successful trader, such as learning technical analysis and having the proper discipline and mindset.
Do Futures Traders Make Money?
Futures trading can be a very profitable trading strategy. Futures offer benefits such as flexible trading hours, no PDT rule, and not having to look at many symbols when trading. It’s important to realize that most traders are not profitable.
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Futures Trading Course
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STOCK TRADING SERVICE
Our chat rooms willprovide you with an opportunity to learn how to trade stocks, options, and futures. You’ll see how other members are doing it, share charts, share ideas and gain knowledge.
Our traders support each other with knowledge and feedback. People come here to learn, hang out, practice, trade stocks, and more. Our trade rooms are a great place to get live group mentoring and training.
TRADE ALERTS “SIGNALS”
The Bullish Bears trade alerts include both day trade and swing trade alert signals. These are stocks that we post daily in our Discord for our community members.
These alert signals go along with our stock watch lists. Our watch lists and alert signals are great for your trading education and learning experience.
We want you to see what we see and begin to spot trade setups yourself.
REAL-TIME STOCK ALERTS SERVICE
We also offer real-time stock alerts for those that want to follow our options trades. You have the option to trade stocks instead of going the options trading route if you wish.
Our stock alerts are simple to follow and easy to implement. We post entries and exits.
Also, we provide you with free options courses that teach you how to implement our trades as well.
STOCK TRAINING DOESN’T NEED TO BE HARD
Stock training doesn’t need to be hard. But it sure feels hard when you don’t know where to turn for legitimate knowledge. There are tons of places to learn, but what makes us different?
Well, for starters, we’re just real everyday people who like trade stocks. We’re not gurus portraying a fancy lifestyle of cars and jets and beaches. Can you obtain those things with what we teach you? Sure you can. Is that what motivates us when teaching you how to trade?
Nope. What we really care about is helping you, and seeing you succeed as a trader. We want the everyday person to get the kind of training in the stock market we would have wanted when we started out.
WHY WE’RE DIFFERENT
What else makes us different? When it comes to the stock market, we’ve won, we’ve lost, we’ve lived, and learned. We’ve been through the ups and downs in the market and figured out what really matters. The Charts…Candlesticks = PRICE ACTION! We’ve created a site that passes all this knowledge on to you.
We don’t charge you an arm and a leg for the stock training we give you. We charge a modest amount that goes towards running our day-to-day operations and paying for our invaluable team moderators that are passionate about teaching YOU!
That’s about it. We could charge more, but we have a pay it forward, give back mentality. It’s not about the money. The best and most important thing for us is YOU. We want to feel good about what we do, and the results and reviews speak for themselves.
Those emails we get, the feedback, the success we see. That is what our educational trading community is all about. We hold no secrets back. Our trading edge is your trading edge.
STOCK TRAINING DONE RIGHT
We don’t care what your motivation is to get training in the stock market. If it’s money and wealth for material things, money to travel and build memories, or paying for your child’s education, it’s all good. We know that you’ll walk away from a stronger, more confident, and street-wise trader.
In our stock trading community, you’re going to get it all. Futures, options trading, and stocks. Not just penny stocks either. Small, mid, and large caps. Each day we have several live streamers showing you the ropes, and talking the community though the action.
There’s no catch, no smoke or mirrors. What you see is what you get. If you’re looking to change your life, or someone else’s, we’re here to help you reach that goal. Get started learning day trading, swing trading, options, or futures trading today!
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