I just purchased his course on Friday, the knowledge is unparelled. I was so close to giving up on trading entirely, I really feel with practice and now the proper education I can make my comeback and focus on the process above all. Cheers all
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Great, trading hasn't been a good ride for me and I don’t know any good experts I am trying to be better plus combining it with work doesn't give me enough time
@@Binsabar I’ve been using one since the pandemic Sir Arlo Eric, with profit oriented tactics and minimizing risks against inevitable downtrends, in addition to access to insider knowledge and analysis making failure virtually impossible, made over €200 k the past year and half
Options require more experience, skill, planning and discipline. Your example at 15:50 is a good point to compare options vs futures. If you had chosen a 3610 strike on SPX 0dte, you would quickly get ITM, ramp up that gamma, and by the target support zone exit would have 400% ROI. You simply cannot beat the returns with options trading compared to futures. That being said though, only a handful of people can consistently and successfully trade options. Especially 0dte SPX contracts.
Long gamma works both ways - you could have also lost your premiums fast, too. Makes sense to use the right tool for the job -- whether you want the extra IV exposure or not, etc
who the would be trading 0 DTE contracts? Especially if you’re buying that seems like not a good idea at all. I would only be a net seller of premium and I’d be out of my trade weeks before that.
@@Andrew-cm5tc 0 DTE has its subscribers -- fast decay for sellers and big gamma for the buyers. Not something I would want to open, but I could see good reason to carry net longs into expiration.
@@Andrew-cm5tc if you’re asking this question then you simply lack the skill, knowledge, and system to utilize the tool effectively. There are plenty of times to long options, especially 0dtes vs short premium rookie
I trade options on the spy. Have done so for the last six months. I never consider the Greeks. I only trade closest to expiration and set up indicators to help spot a reversal. I have never even looked at futures but I might take a peek.
Hi quick question when you have a small account and you trade futures do you get your buy power back immediately after you close the position or do you have to wait until the next day like options?
Trading rights has changed my perspective on how one can succeed in life. I’ve been able to clear my debt and go on to have surplus to take care of my family. Working multiple jobs for money isn’t the optimal way to attain financial freedom. Unfortunately, we find this out later in life. Great video
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Possible con of futures vs options: I think futures trading risk management relies on stop loss orders. Stop loss orders rarely fail, but they can, especially under conditions of sudden market stress. Brokers accept stop loss orders on a best efforts basis, with no guarantee of execution at the price you specify. On the other hand, risk defined option spreads are a contractual guarantee that the trade will lose no more than the amount risked at the time the position is opened.
Don't forget that one option leg can be assigned (leaving your delta massively unbalanced), some options quotes regularly disappear (making it impossible to trade or discover price), options prices are easier to fudge compared to underlyings (easier for you to get trapped), the OCC can set/adjust the closing prices/settlements, most options can't be traded early/late, etc. I agree that options risk management is a "pro", but your defined risk trade has lots of undefined risk, as with any other instrument :-)
I'm 54 and my wife and I are VERY worried about our future, gas and food prices rising daily. We have had our savings dwindle with the cost of living into the stratosphere, and we are finding it impossible to replace them. We can get by, but can't seem to get ahead. My condolences to anyone retiring in this crisis, 30 years nonstop just for a crooked system to take all you worked for.
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Futures are more dangerous than options without a tight stop loss. If the /ES or /NQ, whatever you're trading goes against you, you'll lose more than you have unlike options the most you lose is the money you put in. Best traders do trade both, cause chart is a chart. But, beginners should be careful with futures.
This, Idk why he didn't mention this...but it's a big deal. Going long calls and puts have limited risk...futures, do not have limited risk it's technically unlimited.
That’s why you put a stop loss and do not trade news. You will not get out (THEY WONT LET YOU, regardless if stop or no stop) if the market goes ultra instinct
@@Seba-iz6wc so even without trading around the major news events, with something like ES it still can have some rogue candles. I only trade 1 contract of ES, Always have a stop loss within 4-6 ticks usually, but my worry is a massive candles prints out of nowhere and I'm not stopped out. Anyone have this happen, and how often?
I'm new to your channel & trading. I'll need to rewatch this dozens of times for comprehension. I've had very small success with flipping $10-$40 options for 1-2x profits, and clearly have much to learn. My job's just not cutting it, so I definitely need this to save my life and future. Literally. I cannot afford a course. I'm already risking my Uber to and from work money on small options contracts but thank you for sharing this gem. Hopefully, one day my small options will generate enough money to enable me to begin trading futures. Thank you for the knowledge.
My advice to you is to learn to make 20 dollars a day with no more than one contract at a time. Position size and risk management is by far the most important thing in trading. Learn a strategy that works for you to get an edge of the market. After many reps you will start building confidence and be able to start buying more contracts. Trading is a marathon not a sprint. To many traders want to make a lot of money instantly and unfortunately that's not how it works if you want to do this for the long-term. Wish you the best of luck.
Having gone through many of your videos on trading SPY (or other underlying) options, I wondered why you hadn't addressed futures trading on the same underlying. It mitigates the unexpected way option premiums can fluctuate. Now that "micro futures" are available, it opens up trading to more traders with smaller accounts. I appreciate your trading education videos, and it's great to see you covering how to utilize futures along with your market analysis. Scaling into a trade at an entry "zone" is another benefit while still adhering to loss management (and scaling out into a profit target). Thanks for putting this out there! Enjoy your educational vids!
I like this video because my challenge in equities period was picking the right one to trade. Futures was my gold mine. One instrument. Personally I trade the treasuries because they trend way better than ES. UB ZB ZN move lock and step with each other. They’re even more liquid $31.25 per tick per contract. Bonds and notes don’t really shoot up 5 ticks and then reverse 10 in a matter of seconds like the ES. Usually when the trend reverses it’ll trend in that same direction for 3 or 4 handles before it reverses. But this video is spot on. I usually recommend people that are new to trading to start with futures.
ive been in the rut of hesitating with options because I cant manage risk, even though im right a lot of the time. thank you a million for this video. seriously Carmine, this is huge. thank you a ton.
Great info! Just got back into futures this month trading /MES. Definitely a time and place for both Options and Futures in my trading experience. All depends on market context, how you manage risk, and what setups/ tickers you plan to play. With Futures, I especially like the ability to play some of the overnight moves in the market during GLOBEX hours that you can't get into with options until market open. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, but learning to trade futures has made me a more informed options trader (slows the options market down for me a lot and gives me more "time" to think before taking a position) while trading options has made me a more informed futures trader (can take advantage of PA and volume analysis I see in market 22.5 hrs/ day without worrying about theta decay and other greeks eating at my premiums.
I'm still learning, but one thing about options that interests me that was not mentioned is that options I think are SIPC insured, where futures are not, correct?
Great content, however, typically a dollar move in the futures is called a Handle. Point and handle are interchangeable, yes, but when talking futures its generally accepted that each dollar move is called a 'handle'.
You didn’t mention credit call and credit put spreads. Iron Condors also work perfectly for sideways markets. I definitely agree with some tickers lacking liquidity and having huge spreads though. Good video man.
You are right. This is when options become more favorable with creative strategies, especially selling sideways markets. But directionally trading is mainly what I was addressing in this video. Thanks
I just sold a property in Portland and I'm thinking of putting the cash in stocks, I know everyone is saying it's ripe enough, but Is this a good time to buy stocks? How long until a full recovery? How are other people in the same market raking in over $200k gains with months, I'm really just confused at this point.
Yes, a good number of folks are raking in huge 6 figure gains in this downtrend, but such strategies are mostly successfully executed by folks with in-depth market knowledge.
@@nuraahmadumar8937 It all depends on how long you're willing to hold for, stocks might likely tank further, but making serious gains in this downtrend wouldn't be a problem if you're a pro.
@@TammyLutz74 The reason I decided to work closely with a brokerage adviser ever since the market got really tense and the pressure became so much(I should be retiring in 17months) so I've had a brokerage adviser guide me through the chaos, its been 9months and counting and I've made approx. 650K net from all of my holdings.
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Hey bro, been looking for this exact vid. Thank you! I dabbled a bit then went straight back to options. Question; I trade QQQ options and watch aapl msft amzn tsla etc as they make up the qqq. For options, they move before the stocks right so I don’t have anything to watch if that makes sense?
Have been trading options for about a month now with my own money following what I've learned in the A-Z course and so far I have been profitable, but I have definitely experienced the frustration of minor pullbacks crushing my premium prices more than once. Going through the futures course got me really interested in trying futures. Just started a Tradovate account and will be paper trading Micro E-mini soon to get a feel for it using the same S&D strategy. Excited to see how it compares. Love the idea of knowing my exact risk ahead of time and not having to worry about all the extra factors that come with options pricing, haha.
Really appreciate your breakdown between futures and options. It might be the best assessment I've come across on here in regards to the key differences between the two(especially the true nature of time decay when the market is running sidewas), as well as, your walk through with the charts. Many thanks bud
@carmine I have the same question… which platform/broker you use to set up your margin account to trade futures with a small account… you mentioned in your video
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If you get caught in a flash crash and are trading leveraged products, you’re 100% done so. Account 100% wiped. Trading options can be a headache with theta and all, but I have my peace of mind, knowing that the absolute worst case is losing 10% of my account.
And for futures you don't have to wait for cash to clear. You can keep trading newly gained profits over and over until market closed. However, this makes it very easy to over-trade and you have to be disciplined to walk away. Whereas options cash accounts, any profit you make you have to wait until the next day for it to clear before you can use your new gains
Hi their friend im 3 years in learning im finaly experiencing scalping do you have a video explaining this im with tiger but could not understand how to set up a trade including stoploss as a newby this is confusing im currently using a demo
Hi, confused about futures. As I know about options. Eg:- SPY options, etc. But what you mentioned about futures. Is it future options or something else. Can you please clear this . Thanks.
I always assumed with futures, you "predict" a future price that it'll be at, but if I'm correct; You buy in, with or without leverage, set a stop loss and can sell whenever you want?
Thanks for the analysis! I have a quick question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (behave today finger ski upon boy assault summer exhaust beauty stereo over). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?
I found futures very expensive also for the daily maintenance fees, Coinbase platform dosnt have them and it’s easy to wait for the price to go in your direction if you make mistakes but think or swim for example has a lot of maintainer overnight costs if you leave the contract open, any suggestions?
futures are way more risky than options, since futures have higher leverage. if you are new trader with no edge and proper risk management, please don't trade futures, you will easily blow up your account. But if you really want to try, maybe start with /MES, /MNQ, which are less risky.
Wym by futures have more leverage than options? You showed an example where the options would provide higher returns if the move was clean. Can you expand on that?
The point at 16:16 in the video doesn’t make sense. That was a 50pt downside move which is 500% on futures, and you are saying that options only gives 133% but it’s the power of options?
Options have absolutely destroyed my account. Everything you've said about them is true. I want to switch over to futures using the same strategy as I did with options. I would love to obtain the best resources to make this switch. Thank you.
I gave up on options because of the greeks. Can't tell you how annoyed I was that the underlying price was well in my favor, but the options I was holding were still slightly red. Screw that. Much more comfortable trading futures now. Options are best for selling IMO.
You are probably choosing the wrong contracts then if a price is going in your favor and yet you are still red, either that or the wrong expiration date. There really can't be any other reasons...
Great video Carmine I ‘m actually thinking about making the switch to futures but my question is if I would get my buy power back immediately after I day trade 1 futures contract or if I would have to wait until the next day like option contracts I have a small account 3k
But then the wash sale rule, even if futures have tax benefits but because futures have a date for contract meaning you will trigger wash sale every trade. While options have so many types everyday and price and wash sale is avoidable.
@@carmine_rosato are you sure? I googled and seems like it says there is but some people tell me there is. I ment as in Contract trading Indices such as NQ and ES
Since the trade was opened and closed within the same day, my day margin is 500 per contract. Just to note - I could lose way more than the money I put up due to margin and futures being a highly leveraged instrument
Hi thanks for sharing a good video my question in futures have Options too ? how the Options in future pay good and time Delay also right and please compare the futures unit ( shsre trade ) and futures Options too I like to know should we trade options in futures please
mans is a good teacher damn, this question was bothering me for the past few months and I guess I already knew the answer but your comparison of the options vs futures during consolidation periods really clicked. I have PLTR call options up 23%, 450% P/L however I missed out on some juicy profits after looking back at chart for the day and seeing it had choppy patterns with 3 major high peaks that would have been around a 40% up on contract value. I have amazing success rate with options, but futures seems to be right up my alley because I want to short foreign equity markets at some point life when my macro economic game becomes solid.
Your info about the taxes on options being higher is not completely correct. QQQ or SPY options are taxed higher because they are ETFs. But if you trade the index option versions NDX or SPX then tax is 60/40 just like futures
Expect to pay more per position (eg, $2.25 per $200k s&p500 futures contract versus $0.68 per option to open) Some brokers may require a minimum account size to open futures positions like $25k. But once you're enabled, you could experiment with much less: for about $1900 you might open a micro e-mini nasdaq futures contract (sized at $2/point, ~$23k notional value currently). And based on your stop loss/exit plan you may not need to provide more cash if the position goes against you. Also you can put on futures positions that hedge against each other to keep your capital requirement very low (this requires much more capital with equity/index options) Futures can be worth the higher trading fees just because of the low capital requirement alone
I just purchased his course on Friday, the knowledge is unparelled. I was so close to giving up on trading entirely, I really feel with practice and now the proper education I can make my comeback and focus on the process above all. Cheers all
Amazing! Truly glad to hear that 🙏
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@@carmine_rosato 9:56 so help me to understand if 3600-3380=220 points. 220×50=11,000?
@@oceanblue1017 I think he made a mistake in computation. Should be 3600-3385 = 215 points.
@@carmine_rosatoWhat broker do you use to trade emini/futures ?
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Great, trading hasn't been a good ride for me and I don’t know any good experts I am trying to be better plus combining it with work doesn't give me enough time
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Options require more experience, skill, planning and discipline. Your example at 15:50 is a good point to compare options vs futures. If you had chosen a 3610 strike on SPX 0dte, you would quickly get ITM, ramp up that gamma, and by the target support zone exit would have 400% ROI. You simply cannot beat the returns with options trading compared to futures. That being said though, only a handful of people can consistently and successfully trade options. Especially 0dte SPX contracts.
Long gamma works both ways - you could have also lost your premiums fast, too. Makes sense to use the right tool for the job -- whether you want the extra IV exposure or not, etc
who the would be trading 0 DTE contracts? Especially if you’re buying that seems like not a good idea at all. I would only be a net seller of premium and I’d be out of my trade weeks before that.
@@Andrew-cm5tc 0 DTE has its subscribers -- fast decay for sellers and big gamma for the buyers.
Not something I would want to open, but I could see good reason to carry net longs into expiration.
@@Andrew-cm5tc if you’re asking this question then you simply lack the skill, knowledge, and system to utilize the tool effectively. There are plenty of times to long options, especially 0dtes vs short premium rookie
This is why 90% fail
Word of caution to people trading at night, there isn't very much volume and night and you can get completely wrecked if you're not careful.
Especially that damn ASIA market
Yea that's the part I don't like about the after hours. Well i guess I'll trade options until I get enough money to trade the days 👍🏻😁
thanks for the heads up to us new folks
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Futures for the win! I finally put the options aside 3 months ago after doing both for a while. I’ll never go back to options. No Greeks is amazing
I trade options on the spy. Have done so for the last six months. I never consider the Greeks. I only trade closest to expiration and set up indicators to help spot a reversal. I have never even looked at futures but I might take a peek.
Hi quick question when you have a small account and you trade futures do you get your buy power back immediately after you close the position or do you have to wait until the next day like options?
@@jrgonzel4265 I think that has more to do with a margin account vs cash account than what you are trading.
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Possible con of futures vs options: I think futures trading risk management relies on stop loss orders. Stop loss orders rarely fail, but they can, especially under conditions of sudden market stress. Brokers accept stop loss orders on a best efforts basis, with no guarantee of execution at the price you specify. On the other hand, risk defined option spreads are a contractual guarantee that the trade will lose no more than the amount risked at the time the position is opened.
Don't forget that one option leg can be assigned (leaving your delta massively unbalanced), some options quotes regularly disappear (making it impossible to trade or discover price), options prices are easier to fudge compared to underlyings (easier for you to get trapped), the OCC can set/adjust the closing prices/settlements, most options can't be traded early/late, etc.
I agree that options risk management is a "pro", but your defined risk trade has lots of undefined risk, as with any other instrument :-)
If you don’t understand options risk management but rely on “you can’t lose more than you paid”, options will just be a slow bleed on your acc.
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Futures are more dangerous than options without a tight stop loss. If the /ES or /NQ, whatever you're trading goes against you, you'll lose more than you have unlike options the most you lose is the money you put in. Best traders do trade both, cause chart is a chart. But, beginners should be careful with futures.
This, Idk why he didn't mention this...but it's a big deal. Going long calls and puts have limited risk...futures, do not have limited risk it's technically unlimited.
Lost nearly 60% of my acct by not placing a stop loss.. learned the hard day
If you set a stoploss though like he is showing here, wouldn't that be the max you could lose?
That’s why you put a stop loss and do not trade news. You will not get out (THEY WONT LET YOU, regardless if stop or no stop) if the market goes ultra instinct
@@Seba-iz6wc so even without trading around the major news events, with something like ES it still can have some rogue candles. I only trade 1 contract of ES, Always have a stop loss within 4-6 ticks usually, but my worry is a massive candles prints out of nowhere and I'm not stopped out. Anyone have this happen, and how often?
Excellent breakdown on the the difference…I switched to futures since 2020 and the consistency is spot on when it comes to the timing.
Amazing !
Can you trade futures on webull? If yes.. in margin or cash account?
I'm new to your channel & trading. I'll need to rewatch this dozens of times for comprehension. I've had very small success with flipping $10-$40 options for 1-2x profits, and clearly have much to learn. My job's just not cutting it, so I definitely need this to save my life and future. Literally. I cannot afford a course. I'm already risking my Uber to and from work money on small options contracts but thank you for sharing this gem. Hopefully, one day my small options will generate enough money to enable me to begin trading futures. Thank you for the knowledge.
My advice to you is to learn to make 20 dollars a day with no more than one contract at a time. Position size and risk management is by far the most important thing in trading. Learn a strategy that works for you to get an edge of the market. After many reps you will start building confidence and be able to start buying more contracts. Trading is a marathon not a sprint. To many traders want to make a lot of money instantly and unfortunately that's not how it works if you want to do this for the long-term. Wish you the best of luck.
Options is a slow bleed. If you can flip options, you can flip futures. Good luck
7:10 But that's if you Long Calls ans Puts by themselves. I always use Vertical Spreads so I know the Max Profit and Loss from the get.
Having gone through many of your videos on trading SPY (or other underlying) options, I wondered why you hadn't addressed futures trading on the same underlying. It mitigates the unexpected way option premiums can fluctuate. Now that "micro futures" are available, it opens up trading to more traders with smaller accounts. I appreciate your trading education videos, and it's great to see you covering how to utilize futures along with your market analysis. Scaling into a trade at an entry "zone" is another benefit while still adhering to loss management (and scaling out into a profit target). Thanks for putting this out there! Enjoy your educational vids!
Micros are a scam. Save up till you can trade a mini.
@@Seba-iz6wcwhy are they a scam?
@@Entererofthethreshold it’s good for practice, but the fees add up on micros really fast. You cannot scale using micros
I like this video because my challenge in equities period was picking the right one to trade. Futures was my gold mine. One instrument. Personally I trade the treasuries because they trend way better than ES. UB ZB ZN move lock and step with each other. They’re even more liquid $31.25 per tick per contract. Bonds and notes don’t really shoot up 5 ticks and then reverse 10 in a matter of seconds like the ES. Usually when the trend reverses it’ll trend in that same direction for 3 or 4 handles before it reverses. But this video is spot on. I usually recommend people that are new to trading to start with futures.
3 or 4 handles before it reverses: what defines a handle?
Only thing how are those commission fees bro? Heard futures a kill you there especially with the micro contracts. do you trade the micros as well?
Thank you for this comment. Ive been trading ES for years but i will check out the treasury products.
ive been in the rut of hesitating with options because I cant manage risk, even though im right a lot of the time. thank you a million for this video. seriously Carmine, this is huge. thank you a ton.
9:54 what is the support/resistance indicator you are using (target?)
Great info! Just got back into futures this month trading /MES. Definitely a time and place for both Options and Futures in my trading experience. All depends on market context, how you manage risk, and what setups/ tickers you plan to play. With Futures, I especially like the ability to play some of the overnight moves in the market during GLOBEX hours that you can't get into with options until market open. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, but learning to trade futures has made me a more informed options trader (slows the options market down for me a lot and gives me more "time" to think before taking a position) while trading options has made me a more informed futures trader (can take advantage of PA and volume analysis I see in market 22.5 hrs/ day without worrying about theta decay and other greeks eating at my premiums.
I prefer to trade ES options. You can do spreads so even people with smaller accounts can trade.
Swing options and day trade futures
I'm still learning, but one thing about options that interests me that was not mentioned is that options I think are SIPC insured, where futures are not, correct?
Great content, however, typically a dollar move in the futures is called a Handle. Point and handle are interchangeable, yes, but when talking futures its generally accepted that each dollar move is called a 'handle'.
9:32 You get taxed more on long-term gains than on short-term gains? The opposite to what happens with stock trading?
this was the most helpful and comprehensive video I've seen on the subject. thanks man!
What brokerage do y’all use for Futures and what are the fees?
You didn’t mention credit call and credit put spreads. Iron Condors also work perfectly for sideways markets. I definitely agree with some tickers lacking liquidity and having huge spreads though. Good video man.
i dont think carmine will ever mention any other option strategy than to buy put/calls.
You are right. This is when options become more favorable with creative strategies, especially selling sideways markets. But directionally trading is mainly what I was addressing in this video. Thanks
I just sold a property in Portland and I'm thinking of putting the cash in stocks, I know everyone is saying it's ripe enough, but Is this a good time to buy stocks? How long until a full recovery? How are other people in the same market raking in over $200k gains with months, I'm really just confused at this point.
Yes, a good number of folks are raking in huge 6 figure gains in this downtrend, but such strategies are mostly successfully executed by folks with in-depth market knowledge.
@@nuraahmadumar8937 It all depends on how long you're willing to hold for, stocks might likely tank further, but making serious gains in this downtrend wouldn't be a problem if you're a pro.
@@TammyLutz74 The reason I decided to work closely with a brokerage adviser ever since the market got really tense and the pressure became so much(I should be retiring in 17months) so I've had a brokerage adviser guide me through the chaos, its been 9months and counting and I've made approx. 650K net from all of my holdings.
@@nuraahmadumar8937 How do I connect with her?
@@TammyLutz74 The decision on when to pick an Adviser is a very personal one. I take guidance from ‘Alice Marie Coraggio‘ to meet my growth goals and avoid mistakes, she's well-qualified and her page can be easily found on the net.
I totally agree with what you explain in this video, I switched from options to futures. Great video. thanks
Thank you Carmine. I have been trading options and keeping steady buy not making any profit. I love how you are very direct, no bs. 🙏
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Hey bro, been looking for this exact vid. Thank you! I dabbled a bit then went straight back to options. Question; I trade QQQ options and watch aapl msft amzn tsla etc as they make up the qqq. For options, they move before the stocks right so I don’t have anything to watch if that makes sense?
Have been trading options for about a month now with my own money following what I've learned in the A-Z course and so far I have been profitable, but I have definitely experienced the frustration of minor pullbacks crushing my premium prices more than once. Going through the futures course got me really interested in trying futures.
Just started a Tradovate account and will be paper trading Micro E-mini soon to get a feel for it using the same S&D strategy. Excited to see how it compares. Love the idea of knowing my exact risk ahead of time and not having to worry about all the extra factors that come with options pricing, haha.
Great video.! Thanks for comparing these two. Hard to go back to options day trading once you touch futures. Thanks for helping us get better!
Yep! I agree, especially in current conditions
i would never day trade options. Just sell premium at 45 DTE and roll at 21 DTE.
@@carmine_rosato Which broker do you use to trade futures?
@@rse1973 Yes, I would like to know that too.
Really appreciate your breakdown between futures and options. It might be the best assessment I've come across on here in regards to the key differences between the two(especially the true nature of time decay when the market is running sidewas), as well as, your walk through with the charts. Many thanks bud
@carmine I have the same question… which platform/broker you use to set up your margin account to trade futures with a small account… you mentioned in your video
Yea I use futures for day trading and options for leaps
how do you change the volume bars that has both red and green on a single bar in TOS like in your video?
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Didn’t even watch it yet but thanks for blessing us with this. So interested in Futures.
This is one of my favorite videos. Way to go carmine! 👍🏼😎
If you get caught in a flash crash and are trading leveraged products, you’re 100% done so. Account 100% wiped. Trading options can be a headache with theta and all, but I have my peace of mind, knowing that the absolute worst case is losing 10% of my account.
And for futures you don't have to wait for cash to clear. You can keep trading newly gained profits over and over until market closed. However, this makes it very easy to over-trade and you have to be disciplined to walk away. Whereas options cash accounts, any profit you make you have to wait until the next day for it to clear before you can use your new gains
Spx options settles immediately too in a cash account
@@samricher Damn for real? I gotta check that out!
Where and how do I start? Love the idea of no time decay. Saw a demo account. Would like to know how to do this
Hi their friend im 3 years in learning im finaly experiencing scalping do you have a video explaining this im with tiger but could not understand how to set up a trade including stoploss as a newby this is confusing im currently using a demo
Hi, confused about futures. As I know about options. Eg:- SPY options, etc. But what you mentioned about futures. Is it future options or something else.
Can you please clear this .
Thanks.
Do proceeds from closing out a futures trade have to settle before trading again? Like a cash account for options
I always assumed with futures, you "predict" a future price that it'll be at, but if I'm correct; You buy in, with or without leverage, set a stop loss and can sell whenever you want?
This is the most comprehensive video one could ask for. Loved it
Why not trade prop firms vs a margin account for futures?
Is trading future options different or the same as trading futures?
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This is such a useful video, so much futures crap on TH-cam this is so well put together, people watch this video
I found futures very expensive also for the daily maintenance fees, Coinbase platform dosnt have them and it’s easy to wait for the price to go in your direction if you make mistakes but think or swim for example has a lot of maintainer overnight costs if you leave the contract open, any suggestions?
Hi, what Brokerage can you recommend for small accounts as a starter for Futures Trading? Thank you
futures are way more risky than options, since futures have higher leverage. if you are new trader with no edge and proper risk management, please don't trade futures, you will easily blow up your account. But if you really want to try, maybe start with /MES, /MNQ, which are less risky.
Wym by futures have more leverage than options? You showed an example where the options would provide higher returns if the move was clean. Can you expand on that?
The point at 16:16 in the video doesn’t make sense. That was a 50pt downside move which is 500% on futures, and you are saying that options only gives 133% but it’s the power of options?
Yea I don’t know what he means.Even with one contract it makes way more
Options have absolutely destroyed my account. Everything you've said about them is true. I want to switch over to futures using the same strategy as I did with options. I would love to obtain the best resources to make this switch. Thank you.
9:55 3600 - 3385 = 215, not 15. Am I misinterpreting things?
I did 1 trade /mes futures with my ibkr margin account (deposit less 25k) but my account was flagget as PDT rules, why?
So lets say you have a small account (500$) I can negotiate to trade futures with my broker (td) ? Theres no minimum acct balance?
I was confused about futures margin and what I needed to take a trade. This video had answers to everything th-cam.com/video/LdFUeB6j794/w-d-xo.html
Hi Carmine, what broker do you use for futures??
Thank you for taking the time to help us understand the differences very clearly .Much appreciated bro !
I gave up on options because of the greeks. Can't tell you how annoyed I was that the underlying price was well in my favor, but the options I was holding were still slightly red. Screw that.
Much more comfortable trading futures now. Options are best for selling IMO.
Less stressful trading futures in these current market conditions
You are probably choosing the wrong contracts then if a price is going in your favor and yet you are still red, either that or the wrong expiration date. There really can't be any other reasons...
@@down-the-rabbit-hole truth. I'm making a killing with this market in options
@@down-the-rabbit-holehow would I know which contracts to choose
@@TheCort1971how would I know which contracts to choose
Great video explaining the advantages/disadvantages of futures vs. options. Thanks Carmine for consistently sharing your expertise/knowledge.
So futures has a option chain like options? Are out of the money more beneficial?
yes they have an option chain but we dont trade them, you buy or short ES or NQ like you would with regular shares.
They do, but I never traded future options before. Just outright contracts
What is the maximum leverage available on futures ?
Thanks
Great thank u
What future stock is best for beginner?
Is there stimulator for future?
What broker do you use? I use Vanguard but they don't let you trade futures.
So what broker is this?
What is the broker you are using to trade futures.
For futures, do institution players play the same tricks with SL etc?
Can you swing trade on futures?
I don’t understand can someone make this clear for me? On the margin we need to pay x amount depending on the broker plus each contract or lot we buy?
Awesome as always. Thanks Carmine ! I have become a better Trader after taking your course.
What is a good broker to trade the ES mini?
Great video Carmine I ‘m actually thinking about making the switch to futures but my question is if I would get my buy power back immediately after I day trade 1 futures contract or if I would have to wait until the next day like option contracts I have a small account 3k
Correct. You will get it back as you trade on margin
Thanks man that was a great video! Im in New Zealand and I only get the end of the market so this sounds fricken awesome!
I am in Aus. Which broker do you use? Any recommendations?
What broker and platform do u use
Really good breakdown. Thanks Carmine
Thank you, Carmine.
Can we trade futures on big companies or just indices ?
This vid came just in time.. been struggling with options even tho my TA has been right. Def gonna try out futures based of my trading style
But then the wash sale rule, even if futures have tax benefits but because futures have a date for contract meaning you will trigger wash sale every trade. While options have so many types everyday and price and wash sale is avoidable.
No wash sale with futures
@@carmine_rosato are you sure? I googled and seems like it says there is but some people tell me there is. I ment as in Contract trading Indices such as NQ and ES
So you can trade 7 ES contracts with only 3500 with your broker?
Since the trade was opened and closed within the same day, my day margin is 500 per contract. Just to note - I could lose way more than the money I put up due to margin and futures being a highly leveraged instrument
@@carmine_rosato Yes, that makes sense. I never fully understood day/initial margin. I though initial margin was the amount you need to open a trade
Tradovate is 500 I believe per ES. MES is 50.
@@ismaeljrp1 wow, ok thanks. So what is initial margin? What does it mean?
@@carmine_rosato from what I have researched, you would need at least the initial margin in your account for an ES contract. Which is around $11,000.
Not true if I trade options deep in the money with delta 80 or more it’s really does move almost dollar for dollar so please clarify
Options on Futures....can you do a video on that
Hi thanks for sharing a good video my question in futures have Options too ? how the Options in future pay good and time Delay also right and please compare the futures unit ( shsre trade ) and futures Options too I like to know should we trade options in futures please
So could u go into debt then like below zero on ur account?
How do you make active trader show potential gain and loss? My Active trader doesn't show that info :(
Hey I may have missed it, but what platform do you use to trade futures?
Great video!!! I seriously considering switching over to Futures 🤔🤔
DO IT !
Sounds like you are only talking about naked options and not including selling premium in your comparison?
Great content. thank you. Is there a course specifically focused on trading futures?
The A-Z course has a futures trading section
This is by far the best video I've seen on this subject 👍🏻
mans is a good teacher damn, this question was bothering me for the past few months and I guess I already knew the answer but your comparison of the options vs futures during consolidation periods really clicked. I have PLTR call options up 23%, 450% P/L however I missed out on some juicy profits after looking back at chart for the day and seeing it had choppy patterns with 3 major high peaks that would have been around a 40% up on contract value. I have amazing success rate with options, but futures seems to be right up my alley because I want to short foreign equity markets at some point life when my macro economic game becomes solid.
Can someone help me with TOS setup to buy and sell futures after market hours. I having trouble with TOS setup. Please help. THANK YOU.
Your info about the taxes on options being higher is not completely correct. QQQ or SPY options are taxed higher because they are ETFs. But if you trade the index option versions NDX or SPX then tax is 60/40 just like futures
what brokerage would you rec?
How long are future contracts ?
What broker do you use?
Great video, wonder what are the commissions fees for futures. What is minimum account size recommended to start and experiment
Expect to pay more per position (eg, $2.25 per $200k s&p500 futures contract versus $0.68 per option to open)
Some brokers may require a minimum account size to open futures positions like $25k. But once you're enabled, you could experiment with much less: for about $1900 you might open a micro e-mini nasdaq futures contract (sized at $2/point, ~$23k notional value currently).
And based on your stop loss/exit plan you may not need to provide more cash if the position goes against you.
Also you can put on futures positions that hedge against each other to keep your capital requirement very low (this requires much more capital with equity/index options)
Futures can be worth the higher trading fees just because of the low capital requirement alone
@carmine how much did those 35 contracts cost you? (Margin Requirement + cost of contracts) Thanks!!
Would greatly appreciate this cost breakdown @Carmine Rosato