Courses 1Lesson 1

Dealing with Basic Issues First

The goal of profits in futures trading can be achieved through many ways -- long-term trading, short-

term trading, speculating on an intraday basis, spreading, options trading, option spreads, floor trading,

as a broker or by a combination of these strategies.  In addition, there are many vehicles which can

lead you toward, or away from your goals.

How Will You Achieve Your Goal?

You must make some important decisions as to how you will achieve your goals.  Some of these

decisions can be made based on your present knowledge.  Others, however, cannot be made until you

have a broader understanding of the field.

I would suggest that even if you feel you already know the answers to these issues, you come back and

reread this section after you have finished reading the entire text in this course.  In future sections, I

will revive some of these pressing issues, providing you with some suggestions as to their resolution.