Microfutures On-line Course

MICROFUTURES ON-LINE COURSE

Futuros Trading has always offered new products for investors. To give more dynamism to small investors, you can now trade a futures contract representing the North American market!

S&P500 MICRO-CONTROL

First, the S&P 500 is an index that represents a theoretical portfolio of the 500 of the most traded and relevant stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ. Some well-known companies included in this index are Amazon, Apple, Coca-Cola, Facebook, McDonald's, and Nike. From their names, you can already tell they're giants in their field, of great importance. The S&P 500 is a significant global player.

The market logic is similar: if the US economy has positive prospects, the index tends to rise. If the opposite happens, the index falls. Keeping in mind that expectations are not just about corporate balance sheets, but about the entire political and economic scenario involving the US and global economies.

But what's new about this new futures online course? To invest in the North American market, you previously had to open an account with a brokerage and then trade S&P 500 index futures contracts available on the CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange). Another option would be to trade representative ETFs.

The big problem is the capital to invest: margins, signal costs, choosing brokers… these are products not so accessible to small traders. To give speculators an option, the CME Exchange made the Mini-S&P 500 available. But the contract still required a large margin to operate. The Micro S&P has come to change that.

A DERIVATIVE OF THE FUTURES MARKET

Like any asset in the futures market, buy and sell positions are opened. Do you think the market is rising? Buy. Do you think the market is falling? Sell. This ease of operation is a characteristic of the futures market.

Another common feature of the futures market is the daily settlement. For those who sleep in positions (with open contracts), each day there is a position settlement price with the relative credit/debit on the account.

ADVANTAGES

Now you can speculate in a market of fundamental importance to the entire world. The American market is extremely technical, facilitating the use of assertive strategies in this new asset.

Stay tuned: The profit/loss calculation for trades in this asset is done in US dollars and is credited/debited to your account when you close your positions. Thus, you are always exposed to currency fluctuations. This means that, beyond your strategy for this asset, you should consider whether your strategy is aligned with the stock market movement!

NEGOTIATION CODE AND EXPIRATION OF THE CONTRACT

The trading code will begin with the initials MES. There will be four expirations per year: March, June, September, and December. The expiration date is always the third friday of the expiration month, just like what happens in the futures index and, unlike what happens in other markets with various maturities.

Please see the following table of due dates for 2019:

March/2019 MESH19

June/2019 MESM19

September/2019 MESU19

December/2019 MESZ19

During our courses, we will teach you the concepts of trading these new futures contracts, we will show you how to use a selected group of technical analysis tools and we will also provide you with a simulator to practice on the markets in real time.

Methodology:
● For the basic course, attendees will not need any prior knowledge.
● Theoretical and practical sessions will be delivered using different computer tools.
● Practices will be carried out in the real market.
● Participants must have the Windows operating system on their laptop.