Futures - Module 4
Managing futures risk
Sizing in whole contracts when the increment is chunky, margin headroom as a risk number in its own right, and gap exposure on daily-settled positions. Leverage here is structural, not optional - sizing does the work stops cannot.
9 lessons, about 55 minutes
- 1Risk per trade, when leverage is the structure6 min
- 2Sizing in whole contracts, when the increment is chunky6 min
- 3The stop, in points and on the grid6 min
- 4Margin headroom as a risk number in its own right6 min
- 5The overnight decision on a daily-settled book6 min
- 6Event minutes, at structural leverage6 min
- 7One underlying, many contracts: correlation on the board6 min
- 8The forced ladder: calls, liquidation and limit days7 min
- 9The futures risk plan on one page6 min