Speculation in Futures Markets

Instructional time 1-2 hours; multimedia time: 33 minutes

This trading course will teach you to recognize the opportunities and dangers of speculation through examples and case studies, and gain insight on behaviors that indicate a person's vulnerability to loss in speculating on futures markets

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Outline, objectives & contents

• Learning Objectives
  • Explain the vulnerability of farmers to speculate
  • when they think they are hedging
  • Explain the role of the speculator and broker in the marketplace
  • Explain the value of planning the hedging strategy rather than rely on the three human motivators of ego, fear and greed to help make marketing decisions
    
    
• Sections
  • Introduction
  • Speculation
  • Why Speculators Lose Money
  • Ego
  • Fear
  • Greed
  • Plan Your Trades