{quote} And what are the differences apart from margin requirements?I trade CFD's on Hotforex, but they don't offer exchange-traded futures currently and it begs the question: is it makes a sense to move on futures trading to get more advantages or I can stay with CFD's, making the same profit with lowered margin?
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Futures are traded on regulated exchanges and everything is more transparent.
If you trade CFDs, you trade against your broker in most cases. This means that you can expect some dirty tricks like sudden spread widening.
I start this thread with the intention to share my 12-years trading experience. Actually I already did this but my books are in Bulgarian and this could be a little hurdle to most of the FF readers. Let me explain the logic behind my trading style. After all these years trading forex and futures I understand one thing - if you want to make profits just follow the big money. That is what the trading is all about. The point is that the big guys never tell you in advance what they intend to do and you have to learn to think they way they think. The...
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I like the thread. Especially "1. Positions are opened only near strong support or resistance (MA, swing hi/lo, pivots, trend lines, etc.) ".
STE at 20 EMA. If a traded this set up via spot position, my stop would be hit. With binaries I need only the price to stop for 1 minute above the level. On the other hand, if a nice rally follows, my profit is limited with the binary option. There is always trade off in trading
