LearnerGuru Member  Posts: 29 Joined: 12/3/2009  User Profile | Also, use caution and keep in mind when using "out of box" strategies for Futures trading, when most N-strategies are based of SP100. N needs to provide out of box specific strategies for individual Futures and Forex tuned to trade Futures/Forex symbols. For example, the eminis may do well with SP100 or SP500 since correlated, but attempting to use Futures (i.e., Crude, Copper, Gold, etc.) with strategies tuned for SP100 is another story for Port. Sim. and may not get desired results. And Futures (i.e., one-symbol) are always leading, than lagging Stocks - good example, can correlate Futures Crude Oil to all the Oil/Gas Stocks & ETFs inside a profile. Same would go for couple Bond Futures symbols v.s. tons of "interest sensitive" Stock / ETF symbols from same group. For this reasons, and multiple others - one must have the Nirvana Futures license if want to trade Futures to AI Train specific futures symbols, unlike tons of related Stock symbols. So yes, its important Stock traders MUST keep beady eyes on specific Future symbol(s) their Stock/EFT portfolios are built upon and would get heads up sooner than later for their Entries/Exits strategy(ies). But these are two different beasts to tackle... due to leverage, caution must be observed like everything else. And even if Stock traders do not trade Futures (highly liquid too), its highly recommended to keep Futures symbols in their portfolio (but not necessarily trade them based on comfort level). And lastly, Futures specific symbols can also help Stock Options Traders too and position their strategies accordingly.... lots of benefit for all types of traders -Stocks, Futures, and Forex (I have not even gotten into Forex Futures & Spot how it'd help Stock traders here too). Cheers. [Edited by LearnerGuru on 9/8/2018 6:54 AM] | |
