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As a high risk trading type, futures trading is not for someone who is faint-hearted. Though there are a number of different ways of investing in futures , it is important to stick to what you know. Treading into unknown waters is not something that you should do when dealing in futures.

From managing margins to ordering trades to doing market analysis and more if you want to, you can do that all by yourself – but you may betaking double the risk. Therefore, when trading in futures, it may be better to seek advice from a professional trader.

Professional trading experts at Cannon Trading can help you with your futures trading. We are also there to keep you updated with the latest on futures trading and market news. All the news and latest articles on futures trading are published on our site under the category Archive Futures Trading News, which you are currently browsing through. Read more and the latest here and keep updated.

Webinar Invite on Manage Futures 3.22.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Tuesday March 22, 2016

Hello Traders,

For 2016 I would like to wish all of you discipline and patience in your trading!

Greetings!

Hedge Fund Manager Shares Current market Outlook, Trading Methodology, Money Management and More!

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Today I would like to share a tip on our E-futures Int’l platform.

How to link the DOM to the quote-board so if you select different markets on your quotes, it will change the DOM you are using to the market quote you are viewing:

In screenshot below, you will see a little icon highlighted on the top of the DOM. It is the icon one can use if you would like to link your DOM to your quote-board.

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Look Before You Leap 3.18.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Friday March 18, 2016

Hello Traders,

For 2016 I would like to wish all of you discipline and patience in your trading!

Greetings!

A great trading advice  by my colleague, Steven Nimerov who has over 25 years of experience starting on the floor of the CME.

“Look Before You Leap”

On the way to becoming a successful Futures trader you will incur many losses.
That I can attest to.

One way to guarantee you will never be a successful trader is by taking “out sized” losses.

There was a time, in my 40 year career, that I would get an idea, in my head, that I had to be in a market, jump in and then look at where a proper stop loss would have to be placed and panic because the loss would be too great if the stop loss was reached.
So being the rookie that I was, I would place what was known as a “money’ stop, which is one that is based on how much money I was willing to risk rather one that was based on support or resistance.

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Silver Futures Insight 3.17.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Thursday March 17, 2016

Hello Traders,

For 2016 I would like to wish all of you discipline and patience in your trading!

Greetings!

A note on Silver by my colleague, John Thorpe who has over 25 years of experience starting on the floor of the CBOT.

Silver Futures

Here is a daily chart with simple moving averages, a 25 day slow  and 10 day fast, the buy signal is still intact. With the fast(red) SMA penetrating the slow (blue) from underneath. RSI in the neutral range.

Daily Silver Futures Chart With Simple Moving Averages
Daily Silver Futures Chart With Simple Moving Averages

FOMC Tomorrow and Managing Trading Size 3.16.2016

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2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Wednesday March 16, 2016

Hello Traders,

For 2016 I would like to wish all of you discipline and patience in your trading!

Greetings!

FRONT MONTH for STOCK INDEX is JUNE!!

The FOMC interest rate decision is due at 2:15 ET in the US tomorrow ( Wednesday, March 16th ). Also more than a few economic numbers ahead of the announcement.

FOMC days have different characteristics than other trading days. If you have traded for a while, check your trading notes from past FOMC days that may help you prepare for tomorrow.

if you are a newcomer, take a more conservative approach and make sure you understand that the news can really move the market.

The following are suggestions on trading during FOMC days:

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Managing Your Futures Trading/Position 3.15.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Tuesday March 15, 2016

Hello Traders,

For 2016 I would like to wish all of you discipline and patience in your trading!

Greetings! 

FRONT MONTH for STOCK INDEX is JUNE!!

A note on managing trade size by my colleague, John Thorpe who has over 25 years of experience starting on the floor of the CBOT.

Managing your trading/position size is crucial to long term success regardless of style.

Daytrading, Swing or long term position trading.

In order to select the size you will employ make a mental note of three things before you trade.  The Foundation of Trading your plan is first determining the size you will be employing, the number of contracts.

We must assume your risk capital is fixed.

1)  How liquid is the contract I will be trading?

Are there frequent price gaps, lack of continuity with bid/ask spreads.

What is the Open Interest and Volume relative to other contracts in the same industry, index , futures contract type.

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Weekly Continuation Gold Chart 3.11.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Friday March 11, 2016

Hello Traders,

For 2016 I would like to wish all of you discipline and patience in your trading!

Greetings! 

FRONT MONTH for STOCK INDEX is JUNE!! ECB rate early this morning sent waves of volatility into bonds, gold, stock index futures and other markets.
A bit too wild for my taste to be honest but part of trading.

Some traders prefer not to trade on FOMC or ECB days. Some just stay out during the announcement. On the other hand there some who can’t wait for the big reports as their trading stile demands volatility….. Everyone is different and just knowing the reports and how you fare during can help you decide on the trading or not trading.

In between I am sharing with you recent analysis I did on gold futures for Equities.com:

Gold Chart March 11th, 2016
Gold Chart March 11th, 2016

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Rollover Notice for Stock Index Futures 3.10.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Thursday March 10, 2016

Hello Traders,

For 2016 I would like to wish all of you discipline and patience in your trading!

Greetings! 

I personally will start trading the June mini SP this Friday but most traders will rollover tomorrow: 

Rollover Notice for Stock Index Futures

Important notice: For those of you trading any stock index futures contracts, i.e., the E-mini S&P, E-mini NASDAQ, E-mini Dow Jones, the “Big” pit-traded S&P 500, etc., it is extremely important to remember that tomorrow, Thursday, March 10th, at 8:30 am CDT  Time is rollover day.

Starting March 10th, the June 2016 futures contracts will be the front month contracts. It is recommended that all new positions be placed in the June 2016 contract as of March 10th. Volume in the March 2016 contracts will begin to drop off until its expiration on Friday March 18th.

The month code for June is M6.

Traders with electronic trading software should make sure that defaults reflect the proper contract as of Thursday morning.

Please close any open March Currency positions by the close on Friday the 11th.

Should you have any further question please contact your broker.

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Crude Oil Heikin-Ashi Charts 3.09.2016

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1. Market Commentary
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3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Wednesday March 9, 2016

Hello Traders,

For 2016 I would like to wish all of you discipline and patience in your trading!

Greetings!

 Crude Oil inventories tomorrow at 10:30 AM EST, like almost every Wednesday. On weeks when we have long weekends, the report will come out Thursday.

below you will see 1 minute chart from the last two reports, as they say, picture is worth a 1000 words….

Wednesday March 2nd 2016

Crude Oil Heikin-Ashi Charts March 2nd 2016
Crude Oil Heikin-Ashi Charts March 2nd 2016

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The Power of Diversification When Trading 3.08.2016

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3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Tuesday March 8, 2016

Hello Traders,

For 2016 I would like to wish all of you discipline and patience in your trading!

Greetings!

The Power of Diversification When Trading

I believe that if you are only trading (daytrading) one market you may be missing out on diversifying yourself by trading other markets.

Just like if you have a portfolio that is not diversified, you expose yourself to more risk, I think the same holds with futures.

I like to daytrade at least 3 markets or at least follow 3 markets and see which ones offers set ups that I like. If you only trade the ES, you will have many days during the year where there is lower volatility, tight ranges and perhaps just “dead days”. However if you are also following bonds and crude oil you have better chances to get in trade set ups that you prefer. Not only that there are times that one trade will make up for another one that is not going so well etc.

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Gold Futures Heikin-Ashi Chart 3.03.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Friday March 4, 2016

Hello Traders,

For 2016 I would like to wish all of you discipline and patience in your trading!

Greetings!

Daily chart of the Gold futures for your review. Heikin-Ashi chart type.

We are trading against first major resistance since this bounce started and tomorrow is monthly unemployment!! Could be a volatile day:

Gold Futures Heikin-Ashi Chart March 3rd, 2016
Gold Futures Heikin-Ashi Chart March 3rd, 2016

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RISK DISCLOSURE: Past results are not necessarily indicative of future results. The risk of loss in futures trading can be substantial, carefully consider the inherent risks of such an investment in light of your financial condition.