Assignment: Futures Trading Using StockTrak Simulation
Instructions: please provide and discuss two examples of Futures trades that you have implemented in the StockTrak simulation for your Individual Assignment. Address the followings when discussing your examples:
a) Discuss your own insights and reasons for the Futures trades - e.g., are your Futures trades based on your own prediction/forecast, market news/events, speculation, or other considerations? Support your futures trades with prediction and analysis.
b) Provide detailed information of the trading position (long or short), time/date, price, quantity, and other relevant information of your trades.
c) Discuss the timing of your Futures trades - e.g., are your futures trades performed during any market news or events? Your futures trading strategies may incorporate recent news or events in the U.S. and global financial markets that affect market indices, currencies, commodities, interest rates, among others.
d) Discuss the trading outcomes of your Futures trades (e.g., any significant gains or losses, etc.). Explain whether you have closed (or plan to close) any futures position (i.e., with offsetting trades) early in order to realize profits or losses.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.