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Weekly Newsletter 1100: Futures Spreads 101 + Trading Levels for the Week Ahead

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Cannon Futures Weekly Newsletter Issue # 1100

Dear Traders,

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Enhance Your Trading, Futures Spreads 101

By John Thorpe, Senior Broker
Futures spreads are a way to get involved in trending markets at a lower margin cost and often times can give the trader staying power to last weeks if not months. If you were thinking about entering the Crude market, or the Grain markets but were psyched out by the volatility of an outright long or short futures position. Futures Time Spreads or Calendar spreads where the trader goes long one month and simultaneously goes short another month of the same commodity is a way to engage your margin dollars in a trend.
We use the futures contract symbol, in the case of Soybeans ZS then FTS for futures Time Spread ZS FTS +N22,-Z22 if you look at the chart the symbol is highlighted upper left and the current price is 1.78 or $1.78 cents. that is the differential between the two contracts most recent prices today
Some advantages of using a spread are:
Soybean Futures Time Spread
Good Trading

Trading Futures, Options on Futures, and retail off-exchange foreign currency transactions involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors.  You should carefully consider whether trading is suitable for you in light of your circumstances, knowledge, and financial resources. You may lose all or more of your initial investment. Opinions, market data, and recommendations are subject to change at any time when it comes to Futures Trading.

Futures Trading Levels

06-06-2022

Futures Support and Resistance Levels 6.06.2022

Weekly Levels

Weekly Support & Resistance Levels 6.06-6.10.2022

Reports, First Notice (FN), Last trading (LT) Days for the Week:

https://mrci.com

Date Reports/Expiration Notice Dates
MRCI Report 6.03-6.13.2022

This is not a solicitation of any order to buy or sell, but a current market view provided by Cannon Trading Inc. Any statement of facts herein contained are derived from sources believed to be reliable but are not guaranteed as to accuracy, nor they purport to be complete. No responsibility is assumed with respect to any such statement or with respect to any expression of opinion herein contained. Readers are urged to exercise their own judgment in trading

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