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guide · Futures & contracts
Learn to distinguish a futures curve from a price forecast, calculate a calendar spread and trace an original roll example without inventing a guaranteed return.
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Understand continuous futures charts, contract switching and back-adjustment. Use a worked roll-gap example and verify the actual expiry behind every order.
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Work through daily futures P&L, reconcile it to the full trade result, and distinguish daily settlement from closing a position or final contract settlement.
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Compare ES and MES through point values, equivalent exposure, an original sizing example, partial exits, costs and practical account checks.
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Distinguish notice, trading, settlement and broker deadlines with an example schedule, then check the earliest applicable action date for a futures position.
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Calculate futures-minus-cash basis, compare a change in basis with each price move, and identify why sign, timing and instrument differences matter.
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Calculate a two-maturity futures spread with a worked P&L example, distinguish native spread execution from separate legs, and account for expiry and margin.
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Distinguish daily and final settlement, compare cash and physical obligations, and build an expiration checklist using primary exchange and broker sources.
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Understand a futures contract with a worked trade, a settlement ledger and a practical checklist for size, margin, order execution and expiration.
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Separate broker intraday margin from initial and maintenance margin with a hypothetical cutoff example, funding checks and account-level limitations.
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Use the full futures month-code table, decode a product-month-year example, and check why a named month does not always reveal the last trading date.
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Calculate whole futures contracts from a hypothetical budget, stop ticks, tick value and modeled fees. Includes rounding, units and margin limitations.
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Understand NQ and MNQ with price-to-dollar calculations, whole-contract sizing, cost comparisons and a checklist for matching Nasdaq futures exposure.
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Distinguish open interest from trading volume with an opening, closing and transfer example, then check report timing and avoid unsupported direction signals.
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