Futures trading in stock market?

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Ok, so I am wanting to learn about futures and how to start trading futures in the market. How do I go about learning how to trade futures and how to know what the market price will be?
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3 thoughts on “Futures trading in stock market?”

  1. You’ll need to read some books. There’re books written for beginner futures traders just like those for stock traders. You can also search for resources online. Websites like investopedia.com are very informative.

    You’ll need to open an account with a futures brokers. The largest and well known discount stock brokers like TD Ameritrade and Scottrade in the US do NOT give access to futures trading.

    Depending on the markets you’re interested in trading futures in, there’re, broadly, equity index futures (ex. Emini S&P 500, Dow), commodity futures (ex. crude oil, gold, rice, livestock), currency futures (ex. euro, yen, pound), interest rate futures (ex. treasuries, fed funds), weather futures (ex. temperature, precipitation, hurricanes) and environmental futures (ex. carbon, sulfur emissions). Different contracts are traded on DIFFERENT futures exchanges (ex. crude oil futures are traded on the NYMEX, while Emini S&P 500 futures are traded only on CME Globex), you need to sign up with a broker that gives you access to trading on the exchange that offers the products you actually want to trade.

  2. Best go for options. First learn what options are, kinds of options, the call and puts. Go to investopedia to learn your basics. As for futures I dont know if you can just trade them, mind you they are more riskier since you stand to loose more than your premium.

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