Futures Trading
Futures Trading Across 15 Markets, From Crude to Crypto
Beyond the equity index eminis, this category is the home for every other futures market covered on Emini-Watch.com: crude oil (CL), natural gas (NG), gold (GC), silver (SI), copper (HG), bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), the major forex futures (6E Euro, 6B Pound, 6A Aussie, 6J Yen), treasuries (ZN 10-Year, ZB 30-Year) and the grains (ZC Corn, ZS Soybeans, ZW Wheat). Each market has its own personality, liquidity profile and key levels. Trading guides, strategies and setup walkthroughs across all 15 markets in the weekly recap series live here. The order flow signals that work on the eminis work just as well on these contracts, which is why the Better Trading Indicators are tested on every one of them.
ChatGPT Macro Portfolio: Can AI Beat the Hedge Funds?
This experiment sits squarely in the world of trading global futures markets – the kind of macro-driven, multi-asset thinking that separates serious traders from the crowd. Last week, I paid $0 for macro analysis that hedge funds charge $250,000 a year to access. How? I asked ChatGPT to design a ...
Futures Margin Requirements: Live Data for 2026
Margin requirements are one of the first practical things to understand in futures trading – this page tracks live data so you always have current figures for the markets you trade. Live Data from Interactive Brokers and TradeStation What is the difference between initial margin and maintenance margin in futures ...
Do the Better Indicators Work on Bitcoin? Yes and No
Do the ‘Better’ indicators work on Bitcoin? This is one of the more unusual questions in futures trading – and the answer is a qualified yes and no. And that’s the problem. Bitcoin data is all over the place and there is no single unified data feed. As of November ...
Japanese Yen Carry Trade and the US Stock Market
I’m surprised I haven’t looked at this relationship before – the relationship between Equities and the Japanese Yen. It’s one of the most important macro dynamics in the futures markets I trade, and understanding it gives you a real edge in reading equity market risk. Traditionally Japan has been the ...
ETF Trading Strategy: Find Beaten-Down Markets Worldwide
An ETF rotation strategy is one of the smartest approaches in futures market trading – and this method uses simple intermarket analysis to find beaten-down markets before the crowd piles back in. Been mulling over my longer-term investment strategy for a while now. Emini day trading, real estate and cash ...
Day Trader Tax Loopholes: What Still Works in 2024
Structuring your trading business to significantly lower your tax bill is becoming increasingly difficult and risky – but it’s still worth understanding if futures trading is your main income. Clarification – Tobin Tax The Tobin Tax discussed in the video has NOT been introduced for Emini trading. The calculation shown ...
How to Protect Your Wealth from Money Printing
Gold and Silver made huge down moves this last month. Why should you care? After all, you’re an Emini day trader. Well hopefully this video sheds some light on the gold and silver markets – and why they matter in non-equity futures markets. “When gold is a free market, not ...
Trading Forex with the Better Indicators [Volume Data]
If you’re in a non-US time zone, Forex could be the market for you. It sits alongside crude oil, gold and other instruments covered in the futures trading guide on this site. Here’s a great email from a Forex trader, Petr S., on how he uses the ‘Better’ indicators to ...
Day Trading Crude Oil with the Better Indicators
The ‘Better’ indicators aren’t optimised, so use them on any market or timeframe. Crude Oil is one of the futures markets where they work particularly well. Crude Oil has become a great day trading vehicle over the last few years. There is plenty of volume (liquidity), volatility (intra-day range) and ...
