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Can someone explain futures to me like I’m five?
Posted on 4/9/25 at 8:47 am
Posted on 4/9/25 at 8:47 am
I’ve started following some financial Twitter accounts and they always talk about futures being up or down
Last night and this morning they were saying how they implied was -800 because of all the China fears
I look up at 8:30 and the market is -100 and goes to +200 in 10 minutes.
Please explain this to me
Last night and this morning they were saying how they implied was -800 because of all the China fears
I look up at 8:30 and the market is -100 and goes to +200 in 10 minutes.
Please explain this to me
This post was edited on 4/9/25 at 8:48 am
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Posted on 4/9/25 at 8:49 am to dallastiger55
After market and pre-market trading. Not always a reliable indicator because the volume of trades is much less than during regular market hours.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 8:52 am to dallastiger55
CME offers futures contracts with an expiration in the future.
Currently there is a NASDAQ future with a June 25th, 2025 expiry.
So, you either go long if you think nasdaq will be above 17,401 on June 25th, or go short if you think it will keep droping.
You would need a margin account, and buy 1 x N contracts at 1,740 , and watch your dollar value go up and down, and sell or take profit when you are content or whatever technical hocus pocus you are expecting to happens occurs or doesnt occur.
Its mostly European degenerate day traders , and wildly speculative and volatile.
learn more at
LINK
Currently there is a NASDAQ future with a June 25th, 2025 expiry.
So, you either go long if you think nasdaq will be above 17,401 on June 25th, or go short if you think it will keep droping.
You would need a margin account, and buy 1 x N contracts at 1,740 , and watch your dollar value go up and down, and sell or take profit when you are content or whatever technical hocus pocus you are expecting to happens occurs or doesnt occur.
Its mostly European degenerate day traders , and wildly speculative and volatile.
learn more at
LINK
This post was edited on 4/9/25 at 8:57 am
Posted on 4/9/25 at 9:02 am to dallastiger55
Forget explaining futures, would somebody please explain the stock market to me?
Explain it to me like I'm John Barron...
Explain it to me like I'm John Barron...
Posted on 4/9/25 at 9:32 am to dallastiger55
Is it possible for a layperson to obtain the ability to trade futures?
Posted on 4/9/25 at 9:50 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
if you have money and can use the internet, yes.
Posted on 4/9/25 at 9:59 am to DrrTiger
Outside of market hours trading has been a thing forever, and it feels more like a creation for a news cycle and less about trading. The volume is just not there and you will get some "manipulation" as well.
They really should just go to 24 hour trading, or at least expand the standard trading hours and do away with after and pre market trading.
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