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A Futures Trading System is comprised of the "Long Term Participants View" of The Market and the "Short Term Participants View".

Let's examine in details the only Futures Trading System that exists.

The Supply and Demand Levels formed by all Market participants.

A Futures Trading System is comprised of:

  • “Long Term Participants View” of The Market:
    It shows us the activity from the “Big” players, Hedge funds, Investment banks, buyers and sellers that accumulate stocks of inventory, etc.

    In trading, this kind of activity made from “big” player or “big money” is called Other Timeframe Participants

  • "Short Term Participants View" of The Market:
    It is formed by small traders, Market Makers (they provide liquidity to The Market), Small proprietary firms, and investor of a short term view that hold positions from one day to 5 at a maximum.

    These "small" traders from a "Short Term View" are called Day Timeframe Participants.

  • To check the activity made by these Participants Futures Trading Charts let us keep track of them on the futures trading system, and also in forex systems, commodities trading systems or all trading systems.


    Even though we are going to open and close position in the same day when using the futures trading system (We qualify as Day Timeframe Participants), the Supply and Demand Levels are "marked", the majority of the time, by "Long Term Participants" or "Big Players".

    Small players like us, do not have enough money or contracts to "reverse a trend", for example, of 2 weeks. People with A LOT of money do. IF you have 5 000 000 Dollars worth of contracts, maybe you can be a tiny Other Timeframe participant, but i would guess you would not be reading this (hehehe, just kidding!).

    ****Note: This DOES NOT mean that the market is moved by a few people NO NO NO!. It just means that the more money you have the more buying or selling Market Power you have, therefore, the more you can "fight" with a big number of contracts when The Market is near a Supply or Demand Level.****


  • Long Term Participants View or Other Timeframe Participants View (hedge funds, Investment banks, etc) account for most of the big moves (trends) and number of contracts traded (they have the most money);
  • While Short Term Participants View or Day Timeframe Participants View (small traders, market makers) account more for "going" (following) those Other Timeframe Participants in their moves.
  • Our job is to be where the money is, and that is Spotting the Supply and Demand Levels.

  • For the "Long Term Participants View"

    Of The Market we will use 30 Min charts and Daily charts.

    Click here here on Long Term Participants View to begin with the big players analysis.


  • For the "Short Term Participants View"

    Of The Market we will use 5 minutes charts and 2 minutes charts to see the developing trading activity in the short term Using candlestick charts.

    Click here The Short Term Participants View (Day Trading Futures) once you have finished the Long Term View.


  • The "Long Term Participants View" and "Short Term Participants View" Aspects of The Market applies for all futures trading systems, forex systems or commodities trading systems.

    At the end you will see that a "trading System" doesn't exist, what exists are buyers and sellers demanding and supplying.

    Ok my friend, once you are finished with this part you can go an explore market timing patterns using candlestick charts, click the link below to go there.


    Candlestick charts

    Click here to go back from futures trading system to Futures Trading How To


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