Learn How to Trade Commodities | How to Do Futures
May 12, 2021
By Frank Kaberna
Overview
Looking for insight into trading hot markets like corn and gold? In this video we will be discussing different ways to trade commodities! Futures can give direct exposure to assets not available with stocks and ETFs such as corn, oil, gold, interest rates and foreign exchange. Smalls provide access to these unique markets in a size that fits the everyday trader. Find out how these markets tick in our Seminar on Trading Commodities, part of our How to Do Futures video series.
Contents
1:20 What's on the Agenda?
1:53 Commodity Context
3:00 Correlation of Small Stocks & Diversification
4:20 Realized Volatility & Movement
6:15 Short-Term Volatility
6:45 Long-Term Trends
8:00 Rangeboundedness
9:50 3 Ways to Trade Commodities & Tradeoffs
11:40 Capital Requirements & Costs to Trade
12:10 Product Size
13:10 Too Much Size
14:00 Small Size
16:40 Trade Entry Checklists
17:20 1. The Market
18:45 2. The Product
20:10 3. The Direction
20:55 4. The Entry
22:40 5. The Exit
24:50 The Smalls
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