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Futures level 1
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Agenda
• What are futures?• Why do they exist?• Who trades futures?• Trading futures on Saxo Trader
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What are futures?• A contractual agreement to buy or sell a
particular commodity or financial instrument at a pre-determined price in the future
• ‘Futures’ are standardised contracts that are traded via an exchange with the only variable being the price
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Why do they exist?• Futures contracts primarily exist to hedge risk
– Enables investors to either speculate in- or hedge against price movements of the underlying asset
• A side benefit to this is that they sometimes also produce a good price forecast
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Who trades futures?
• commodity users, commodity suppliers, and speculators.
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Trading futures on Saxo Trader
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Trading futures on Saxo trader is simple
• Within the trade window you have:
– Trade buttons– Cost– Nominal value– Margin
requirements
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Account Summary
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