Why do people seem to shy away from futures here on the CD investing forum?

[Wartrace]

Originally Posted by Lowexpectations

Uh futures you have to be right on the underlying and timing

There is no delta with futures, no theta burn, no vega to worry about.


Options you don't have to worry about contract size, grades, delivery points(albeit a rare issue), or contracts being split ie heating crack which can be opened as one closed in pieces. I think there are a lot more variables

There is no delta with futures, no theta burn, no vega to worry about.

Worry about contract size? Futures are standard sized contracts.

Grades? Deliveries? Split contracts? All non issues if you trade the liquid futures contracts such as currencies, index futures, crude, gold, bonds or notes.

[Potential_Landlord]

average joe results in the stock market are already bad but in futures they are downright abysmal. frget about it.

[mathjak107]

folks can't even manage to get the returns their funds get . all they have to do is just sit and they blow it.

imagine them not only trying to guess correct about what will go up or down but having to guess when and by how much and on leverage too. .

[concept_fusion]

Originally Posted by Potential_Landlord

average joe results in the stock market are already bad but in futures they are downright abysmal. frget about it.

Exactly.
Not to mention, futures accounts aren't insured.

[Lowexpectations]

Originally Posted by Wartrace

There is no delta with futures, no theta burn, no vega to worry about.

Worry about contract size? Futures are standard sized contracts.

Grades? Deliveries? Split contracts? All non issues if you trade the liquid futures contracts such as currencies, index futures, crude, gold, bonds or notes.

Currency contract vary based on the underlying currency. Volatility plays a role in the pricing of futures, don't call it Greek but it happens and so does time decay.

[oregonwoodsmoke]

My opinion? Commodities are high risk. It takes real dedication to study in order to play and have any chance of winning. Even then, so much is out of your control that is it no better than gambling.