Knowing when and how to make your entry point is the key to a profitable trade. Many of the losses you suffer as a futures trader will be directly linked to poorly-timed or ill-placed entry points. Choose your entry point unwisely or time your entry poorly and you can turn a sound trade into a loss. Conversely, doubtful trades can come up winners when entry occurs at the proper point and time. The entry is the most critical part of any trade. The trick is in knowing when to strike.
Futures Traders Make Money Betting on the Direction of the Market
Futures traders make their money betting on the direction of the market. The market can only do two things; reverse or continue the trend. In short term day trading, the trend is not always your friend! On a normal day, the e-Mini S&P market fluctuates and reverses as much as 40 points. Catching these turns and continuation moves is the goal of futures day traders.
Telephone Clerk Charged With Trading Fraud
“US District Court has ordered a telephone clerk of a NYMEX Floor Brokerage operation to pay more than $3.6 million for defrauding his employer.”You can read the full article here from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission website.

