In this video educational series, Rick Thachuk, President of World Link Futures, Inc. - a registered educational Commodity Trading Advisor - delivers over one hour's worth of instruction covering topics of especial interest to beginning commodity traders. Presentations include actual commodity charts, marked-up when necessary for illustration, call-outs that emphasize important points, and even actual web pages as Rick takes you through a journey of relevant Internet web sites. What is a futures contract? What is deferred delivery? What happens at contract expiration? What are contract specifications? Soybeans example. The speculator's strategy. Closing a futures position. Selling BEFORE you buy. What is volume? What is leverage? Contract value versus margin. The risk of commodity trading. Time: 13m 35s. How is a bar chart constructed? Interpreting a bar chart: signals of strength or weakness. Gap movements. Corn example. Bar charts over different time intervals: intra-day, daily, weekly, monthly. Advantages of each. Comparing trading range to volatility. Looking for technical reversals. Time: 6m 55s. The market order. Cotton example. When to use a market order. The limit order. When to use a limit order. The limit buy and the limit sell. The pro's and con's of a limit order. The stop order. When to use a stop order. Protecting a position with a stop order. Comparing the limit and stop order. Good-'till-cancel versus day order. Time: 6m 38s. Pricing conventions. Prices for different contract expirations. Last, high, low, opening range, settle and change. Gold prices from actual NYMEX web site. Soybean prices from actual CBOT web site. Grain pricing conventions. Ten-year Tresury Notes from actual CBOT web site. Bond pricing conventions. Importance of the contract specifications. Time: 6m 51s. Conversion values: comparing a change in price to the change in value of the corresponding futures contract. Sample buy and sell trades. Chart examples for gold, regular vs mini-sized, silver, E-mini S&P 500, soybeans and more generally all grains, cotton, cocoa, orange juice, sugar, lean hogs and other meats, 10-year Treasury Notes and bonds in general. Time: 8m 39s. What is margin? Initial versus maintenance margin. What is marked-to-market? The margin call. What to do when a margin is called. Margin when buying: oats example. Margin when selling: lean hogs example. Why margins change. Where to find margin requirements. Sample margin requirements for all commodities from actual broker web site. Margin of mini-sized contracts. How to reduce the risk of receiving a margin call: calculating when to get out of a bad trade. Time: 14m 35s. How do you manage the risk of loss when commodity trading? Using the stop order to close a bad trade. Buying example in gold. Calculating a stop order's price based on how much you want to risk on the trade. Trailing the stop order to lock in profits. Selling example in cocoa. When to enter a stop order. Time: 7m 08s. How can you conduct a background check on your broker? Role of the National Futures Association (NFA). Industry registration with the NFA. Conducting a search using the NFA's Background Affiliation Status Information Center (BASIC) on the NFA web site. Actual search conducted for World Link Futures, Inc. Disciplinary, regulatory and registration history. Interpreting search results. Time: 8m 20s. Note: The video content presented here requires JavaScript to be enabled and the latest version of the free Macromedia Flash Player. Check your computer by clicking here to watch a test video. If you have difficulty in viewing the test video, then it may be that you are using a browser with JavaScript disabled. Please enable it now. Otherwise, try updating your version of the free Flash Player by downloading here. Watch these videos for only $25. One-time charge. Nothing to download. Videos remain on Internet. Watch from any computer as many times as you like. Check your computer with this test video. To order, please complete the information below and submit. * NOTE: Fee is non-refundable.

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About the Author: Rick Thachuk is the co-founder and President of World Link Futures, Inc. a registered Commodity Trading Advisor that has been educating the beginning futures, options and FOREX trader since 1996. He has authored and has been quoted in articles that have appeared in various industry publications including Futures magazine, Futures & Options World Magazine and Treasury Management. He is also himself a futures and options trader. Mr. Thachuk has a Master of Arts degree in Economics and began his career in June 1988 at the Bank of Canada, the nation's central bank (the Canadian counterpart to the Federal Reserve Board in the United States) as an Economist and derivatives market analyst. Thereafter, he moved to New York City to become the Economist and derivatives market strategist of FINEX, a division of the New York Board of Trade - the oldest futures and options exchange in New York. This position enabled him to round-off and complete his futures and derivatives knowledge: after having been exposed to a theoretical and fundamental background at the Bank of Canada, his experience at a New York futures exchange provided unique insights into futures trading at the broker and floor trader level. Information on this site is provided by FuturesTraining.com and World Link Futures, Inc. FuturesTraining.com (a division of Alaron) was developed so that all clients may have the tools, knowledge and experience of the seasoned futures trader. They believe education and experience to be the cornerstones of success in trading, and help provide the tools and assistance necessary to achieve that goal. World Link Futures, Inc. is a licensed educational Commodity Trading Advisor and has been teaching the beginning futures and options trader since 1996. The Company is a frequent writer for Futures magazine, both in the printed publication and on the Futures web site. World Link Futures is consistently ranked as the #1 futures trading site for the beginner among the major internet search engines. It has been praised by the Wall Street Journal for its comprehensive and easy-to-grasp educational information. THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITY CONTRACTS CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD, THEREFORE, CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. FUTURES AND OPTIONS TRADING IS NOT SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE.

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