Futures - Module 3
What trading futures costs
Commissions per contract and side, exchange and data fees, spread cost in ticks, and margin - initial, maintenance and the call that follows. The tick-value maths that makes a one-point move mean very different money by contract.
9 lessons, about 53 minutes
- 1The visible stack: commissions, fees and the round turn6 min
- 2The spread, in ticks and in money6 min
- 3Margin is still not a cost - but capital has a price6 min
- 4Cash management under the daily mark6 min
- 5The roll: the standing cost of staying6 min
- 6Slippage on the grid6 min
- 7Data, platforms and the standing overheads5 min
- 8Micro contracts, and the price of granularity6 min
- 9The all-in cost of one futures trade6 min