Optimus Futures Trading Tips & Strategies

There are a number of different factors that can have an effect on the market. Ultimately, no one can predict or expect something from the future and the slightest event can have a huge impact on the state of the market. Futures trading highly relies on probabilities and statistics. Understanding your probabilities, statistics, and being flexible with your trades is one of the many keys to success...

The trading industry has gone through quite a wild ride during the recent r/WallStreetbets and $GME craze. In reality, this was nothing new and the market has seen several "bubbles" in the past. In the latest episode of the Optimus Futures Podcast, our host Matt Z discusses his thoughts and what he learned from the recent WallStreetBets and $GME saga.

Recorded from Matt Z's Futures Trading Workshop held on 2/04/21, Matt Z and several participants discuss factors to consider when choosing a time frame to use when trading futures. Gain insight from real, experienced traders in our weekly webinar series.

The size of your trades dictates your psychology, success or lack of success of your method and your staying power in any given transaction. Recorded from Matt Z's Futures Trading Workshop held on 1/28/21, Matt Z and several participants discuss the importance of contract size in futures trading. Gain insight from real, experienced traders in our new weekly webinar series.

Those who influence you have long-term implications for your success. In this podcast, we discuss the importance of choosing where you gather your information from and who you allow to influence you in the trading world.

Although a trading method can last for a very long time, it's ultimately up to the state of the market as to whether or not it will remain successful. There are a number of things that can be considered as a factor when it comes to the changing of a method or the tweaking of a system within a method, but ultimately, adopting a trading method is challenging. In this podcast episode, we discuss trad...

Trading methods and strategies take time to develop. They aren't established overnight. A trader must implement positive habits and enforce discipline in their trading. In this episode of the Optimus Futures Podcast, we discuss the importance of sticking to a trading method and staying patient with its results.

With so much information readily available today, it is not always so easy to find helpful information that is both well-grounded and tested. In this episode of the Optimus Futures Podcast, we provide perspective on how an individual should develop themselves as a trader. We'll ask a series of questions in an "interview style" format that can help you grow as a trader.

Time is one of the most important factors in trading. The timing of when you place your trades, whether it be during a particular time throughout the day or during a major news event such as an election, has a tremendous outcome on the potential outcome of that trade. In this episode of the Optimus Futures Podcast, we discuss the importance of time in trading and how it can possibly impact your ac...

From a risk perspective, it is extremely important for Futures Traders to consider the notional value of a contract rather than the market value. In this episode of the Optimus Futures Podcast, we discuss the importance of understanding the actual size and value of a Futures contract. Futures contracts are highly leveraged, which means a small investment essentially controls a large amount of noti...

Regardless of the style you choose to adopt for your trading, it is extremely important to find a method within that style of trading that suits your nature as an individual. In this episode of the Optimus Futures Podcast, we discuss the importance of finding a unique method and decision making style for your trading and what factors you need to consider when searching for one.

Trading is always evolving and changing. Over the last 20 years, we've seen a tremendous change in this industry and things will likely continue to change as time passes by. In this episode of the Optimus Futures Podcast, we discuss what it takes to be a full-time trader and why you should always be trying to learn and adapt with the markets as they evolve over time.

The trading industry is highly opinionated. There is plenty of information out there, but not all of it is backed up by real trading experience. In this episode of the Optimus Futures Podcast, our host Matt Z dissects an email he got about trading and shares practical insight into what you should and shouldn't listen to regarding trading advice.

You're just as good as your last trade. Regardless of your prior growth, staying consistent with your trading and maintaining steady growth is not an easy task. In this podcast episode, we discuss why it's so hard to be profitable and stay profitable. Along the way, we'll provide some insight into the mentality and dedication it takes to become a consistently profitable trader.

A bad trading day can happen to any trader, experienced or not. What's most important is how you handle this big loss and how you restructure your trading moving forward. In this episode of the Optimus Futures Podcast, Matt Z talks about the experience of a bad trading day and how you recuperate as a trader, both strategically and mentally.

From a risk management perspective, the size and quantity of your orders are one of the most crucial aspects of your trading. In this podcast episode, Matt Z tries to provide a new perspective on your trading and why you should consider the size of your trades and be selective with your opportunities moving forward.

What may have happened in the past does not reflect what will happen in the future. There is more to trading than trying to predict the markets. In reality, the markets are nearly impossible to predict. In this podcast, Matt Z talks about the uncertainty in the market and why it's better to predict your risk-reward ratio rather than the movement of the market.

Discretionary and automated trading both take a tremendous amount of discipline. Although automated trading may be more "hands-off" compared to discretionary trading, both leave a huge impact on the trader's psychological state and require precise decision making. In this episode of the Optimus Futures Podcast, we discuss the differences between discretionary and automated trading and why switchin...

Different aspects of life require their own understanding and interpretation of logic. One of them is trading. In this podcast, we discuss why trading does not follow traditional logic and why it needs to be approached with a unique mindset.

Less is more. That which is simplified is often better understood and more appreciated than what is more complicated. In episode 62 of the Optimus Futures Podcast, we discuss why it is important to keep your trading simple and minimalistic when it comes to decision making.

There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence. As we have discussed before on the Optimus Futures Podcast, letting yourself become too arrogant while trading is not a good recipe for success. No matter how much success a trader has had in the past, it is always important to remain humble and take one trade at a time.

The cost of regret and doubt are two psychological barriers that many traders face on a daily basis, yet are extremely difficult to overcome. Besides the strategic planning that it takes to be a successful trader, traders must be willing to overcome regret and doubt in order to make it to the next level. In this podcast, we discuss how to overcome such barriers in order to improve your trading.

News events typically leave a huge impact on the markets. Now that it has been announced that Donald Trump has COVID-19, there is plenty of uncertainty as to what might happen with the market. In this episode of the Optimus Futures Podcast, we discuss how traders should approach their trading now that Trump has COVID-19 and how to prepare for such large news events.

A realistic view of the challenges that trading presents is one of the best ways to prepare yourself for potential success as a day trader. The story you tell yourself and the expectations you set for yourself must be realistic when it comes to the market. The further away your expectations are set compared to the actual reality of what it takes to be a day trader typically leads to struggles at t...

You cannot change the past. When it comes to trading, you cannot let what happened in the past affect present day actions or your life in the future. As we discussed in the last podcast, success can lead to arrogance which in turn, can lead to false confidence and failure down the line. Take one trade at a time, whether its a winner or a loser. Learn from your past rather than dwell on it.