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Futures contracts and risk
Before any strategy, you need to know what one tick is worth and what a stop costs. These articles start from the official contract specifications (CME Group, Eurex) to work out the risk of a trade, choose between a standard contract and its micro version, and set loss limits that hold up over time.
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Futures tick value and point value explained: ES, NQ, GC, CL, DAXTick value is what decides how much you gain or lose on every minimum price move. The calculation, verified figures and official sources.Read the article →Micro vs E-mini futures: ES/MES, NQ/MNQ, RTY/M2K risk comparedA micro contract is not just "smaller": the exact risk difference from its E-mini equivalent, backed by official figures.Read the article →NQ vs MNQ: Contract Size, Tick Value and Risk ComparedNQ and MNQ move tick for tick together. The only structural difference is size: MNQ is one tenth of NQ, which changes the dollar value of every tick you trade.Read the article →How to calculate futures position size from your risk per tradeHow many contracts for a given risk? A three-step method, using the official tick values of ES, MES, NQ and MNQ.Read the article →Forex vs Futures: Key Differences for TradersSpot forex is an over-the-counter market where a dealer quotes your price; futures trade on a central exchange with standardized contracts, public volume and a clearing house. Here is what that changes for a trader.Read the article →Futures Trading Risk Management: A Practical FrameworkFutures risk management in four layers: a fixed risk per trade, position size from stop distance and point value, daily loss limits, and a plan for gaps, slippage, correlation and news.Read the article →
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