Should You Trade Futures or Options?

0:00 Intro
0:52 Futures Leverage For Small Account
3:30 Organic Price Action
9:41 Trade Examples: Options Vs. Futures
16:02 Power Of Options
17:10 Should You Trade Options or Futures
18:53 Stop Struggling Trading Options

If you have any suggestions for future videos such as Day Trading, Investing, Stock Market, Option Trading, Real Estate, Robinhood, TD Ameritrade, ThinkorSwim, Crypto & bitcoin, Entrepreneurship, Forex, or fun daily vlogs. Please let me know.

Keywords: thinkorswim, options, options trading, td amertitrade, trading, carmine rosato, stock trading, options, supply and demand, live trading, day trading tricks, day trading tips, day trading options, day trading futures, trading futures, grow a small account futures trading, grow a small account options trading, should you trade options or futures, PDT rule, futures trading margin account, make money trading futures, stop struggling trading options

#optionstrading #futurestrading #carminerosato

[Matt-ttek]

I just purchased his course on Friday, the knowledge is unparelled. I was so close to giving up on trading entirely, I really feel with practice and now the proper education I can make my comeback and focus on the process above all. Cheers all

[Patricia-Margaret]

I'm 54 and my wife and I are VERY worried about our future, gas and food prices rising daily. We have had our savings dwindle with the cost of living into the stratosphere, and we are finding it impossible to replace them. We can get by, but can't seem to get ahead. My condolences to anyone retiring in this crisis, 30 years nonstop just for a crooked system to take all you worked for.

[TammyLutz]

I just sold a property in Portland and I'm thinking of putting the cash in stocks, I know everyone is saying it's ripe enough, but Is this a good time to buy stocks? How long until a full recovery? How are other people in the same market raking in over $200k gains with months, I'm really just confused at this point.

[martinsriggs]

Trading rights has changed my perspective on how one can succeed in life. I’ve been able to clear my debt and go on to have surplus to take care of my family. Working multiple jobs for money isn’t the optimal way to attain financial freedom. Unfortunately, we find this out later in life. Great video

[mcied]

Word of caution to people trading at night, there isn't very much volume and night and you can get completely wrecked if you're not careful.

[finny_]

It's important to note that trading can be complex and involves substantial risk. It requires a good understanding of the underlying markets, analysis of supply and demand factors, and careful monitoring of price movements. Many traders seek education, develop trading plans, and utilize technical and fundamental analysis to make informed trading decisions. If you're interested in futures trading, it's advisable to use experience like an expert trader before committing real capital they don’t charge high commissions

[Stairsgoup]

ive been in the rut of hesitating with options because I cant manage risk, even though im right a lot of the time. thank you a million for this video. seriously Carmine, this is huge. thank you a ton.

[barryrudd]

Having gone through many of your videos on trading SPY (or other underlying) options, I wondered why you hadn't addressed futures trading on the same underlying. It mitigates the unexpected way option premiums can fluctuate. Now that "micro futures" are available, it opens up trading to more traders with smaller accounts. I appreciate your trading education videos, and it's great to see you covering how to utilize futures along with your market analysis. Scaling into a trade at an entry "zone" is another benefit while still adhering to loss management (and scaling out into a profit target). Thanks for putting this out there! Enjoy your educational vids!

[Notone]

Possible con of futures vs options: I think futures trading risk management relies on stop loss orders. Stop loss orders rarely fail, but they can, especially under conditions of sudden market stress. Brokers accept stop loss orders on a best efforts basis, with no guarantee of execution at the price you specify. On the other hand, risk defined option spreads are a contractual guarantee that the trade will lose no more than the amount risked at the time the position is opened.

[manojreddy]

Futures are more dangerous than options without a tight stop loss. If the /ES or /NQ, whatever you're trading goes against you, you'll lose more than you have unlike options the most you lose is the money you put in. Best traders do trade both, cause chart is a chart. But, beginners should be careful with futures.

[cheetahpsg]

Great info! Just got back into futures this month trading /MES. Definitely a time and place for both Options and Futures in my trading experience. All depends on market context, how you manage risk, and what setups/ tickers you plan to play. With Futures, I especially like the ability to play some of the overnight moves in the market during GLOBEX hours that you can't get into with options until market open. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, but learning to trade futures has made me a more informed options trader (slows the options market down for me a lot and gives me more "time" to think before taking a position) while trading options has made me a more informed futures trader (can take advantage of PA and volume analysis I see in market 22.5 hrs/ day without worrying about theta decay and other greeks eating at my premiums.

[raychilla]

this was the most helpful and comprehensive video I've seen on the subject. thanks man!

[BradFinn]

Futures for the win! I finally put the options aside 3 months ago after doing both for a while. I’ll never go back to options. No Greeks is amazing

[xRedNationx]

Options require more experience, skill, planning and discipline. Your example at 15:50 is a good point to compare options vs futures. If you had chosen a 3610 strike on SPX 0dte, you would quickly get ITM, ramp up that gamma, and by the target support zone exit would have 400% ROI. You simply cannot beat the returns with options trading compared to futures. That being said though, only a handful of people can consistently and successfully trade options. Especially 0dte SPX contracts.

[tmneaves]

Thank you Carmine. I have been trading options and keeping steady buy not making any profit. I love how you are very direct, no bs. 🙏

[edoe]

Didn’t even watch it yet but thanks for blessing us with this. So interested in Futures.

[PrincePropayn]

Excellent breakdown on the the difference…I switched to futures since 2020 and the consistency is spot on when it comes to the timing.

[anthonytafuri]

This is one of my favorite videos. Way to go carmine! 👍🏼😎

[truckervance]

I'm new to your channel & trading. I'll need to rewatch this dozens of times for comprehension. I've had very small success with flipping $10-$40 options for 1-2x profits, and clearly have much to learn. My job's just not cutting it, so I definitely need this to save my life and future. Literally. I cannot afford a course. I'm already risking my Uber to and from work money on small options contracts but thank you for sharing this gem. Hopefully, one day my small options will generate enough money to enable me to begin trading futures. Thank you for the knowledge.

[NaguTexan]

Awesome as always. Thanks Carmine ! I have become a better Trader after taking your course.