Can we Trade Future for LongTerm ?

[Bitcoin_Arena]

More and more you see derivative (futures) contract called perpetuals.
Meaning there is no expiration date so, in practice, you can trade them long term.

Yes perpetuals don't expire but Bitmex also has other futures contracts that do expire and therefore one can trade them by holding positions long term. A newbie could easily trade them minus knowing the type of contract they just longed or shorted.

This guide has a list of Live futures contracts along with their expiry dates
https://www.bitmex.com/app/futuresGuide

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[forestx]

I am thinking of getting in to futures on Binance
I have about a 75% success rate with normal trading and want to increase my profits.
I know there are dangers but I am starting with a small budget will use stop losses and only plan on x10 rates

I have been reading and watches vids on this put have a question
Can I only lose what I put on the trade or if it is liquidated can I lose all the money in my wallet

Say my wallet it 1000USDT can I use 100USDT on a short
If it goes up and I get liquidated can I lose the full 1000 or just the 100.
And the same question if I use smaller amounts like 20 or 50

[natefielding]

I am new in cryptocurrency Trading. I want to know, Can i trade Future Trading for long term or short term...

It's better short term (less than a month normally).

Other options like binance margin (where you pay 8% interest a year on money lent) will be a lot cheaper than using futures.

I agree, swing trades / short term trades are better nowadays, things change so fast which makes it better

[cryptoaddictchie]

I am new in cryptocurrency Trading. I want to know, Can i trade Future Trading for long term or short term...🙄

Yes you can, though it's not advisable to do it for long term, you can do it. But make sure you do have margin for to have a long and far liquidation price. I saw some with a very long position and the profits is really huge. But thus kind of trade is very risky, if your position is good make sure to adjust always the TP with a good profit. That's the advantage of having that feature to make sure even when your set is hit you are already on gain.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

I am new in cryptocurrency Trading. I want to know, Can i trade Future Trading for long term or short term...🙄

Obviously yes but as a beginner (I believe you're), you should go for the short term future trades provided you have acquired all the necessary knowledge and information needed to be successful both at the traditional trading in general and future trading to be precised. The market is very volatile that's it's hard to predict exactly what tommorow holds for the market. The sentiment now can be a bullish scenario come months time but a change as a result of fud could alter everything.

Also we know the global economy is still struggling and recovering, and bitcoin still react to the outcome of the global economy therefore a scenario when the market experience some downtrend could trigger a reaction from the cryptocurency market which will result to a dump in price. Just to play it safe and minimum your risk, all trade should be done in short timeframe at the moment until everything stabilizer and the fear of another pandemic is out of the picture.

[Question123]

You really need to do how long you can wait because if you are have a lot of patience you can do longterm but if not shorterm is good for you but even you do that you will need a patience and that is the key to earn money. But I highly recommended that you do a longterm because most of the investors and traders earn by choosing this because if the market dump you will not panic because you do a longterm and mostly those traders who are do shorterm mostly panic selling.

[nelson4lov]

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Say my wallet it 1000USDT can I use 100USDT on a short
If it goes up and I get liquidated can I lose the full 1000 or just the 100.
And the same question if I use smaller amounts like 20 or 50

It depends on the leverage margin mode you're on. On Binance, there's isolated and cross margins. The difference between the two lies in the fact that cross margin depends on your full balance (in your futures account) while trades made in isolated margin, it only take into account the amount you put on the trade to sustain the trade in the event of a liquidation. With cross margin, when it gets to the initial liquidation price, your futures account balance is used to sustain the position for much longer.

Like I said, it depends on the margin mode you're on. If you're on cross margin and your futures balance is $1000 and then you proceeded to use $100 for a trade. If the trade doesn't go your way and on brick of liquidation, more margin will get added from $900 remaining to keep the position open. If the price keeps going against you, at a point, you will get liquidated and your account will be wiped and rekt (aka $1000 to zero).  For isolated, only $100 is used. Your futures balance isn't touched.

Since you're still new to futures, I suggest using low Leverages for your positions and increase as time goes on or as you get more familiar with it.

[jamesde]

Many individuals begin trading without fully understanding the contract's fundamentals. A winner and a loser are available for each trade. In order to hedge their other positions, many firms and professional fund managers use futures. To lower the risk of their portfolio, they are using their futures contract.

In futures trading, long term success comes from mastering three disciplines. You are probably familiar with these rules if you are a successful stock trader. First, you need a proven process of trading that works for trading futures. Next, proper techniques for money management can go a long way to helping you win the futures trading game. Lastly, you are likely to lose whenever your feelings control your trading.

[darewaller]

Many individuals begin trading without fully understanding the contract's fundamentals. A winner and a loser are available for each trade. In order to hedge their other positions, many firms and professional fund managers use futures. To lower the risk of their portfolio, they are using their futures contract.

In futures trading, long term success comes from mastering three disciplines. You are probably familiar with these rules if you are a successful stock trader. First, you need a proven process of trading that works for trading futures. Next, proper techniques for money management can go a long way to helping you win the futures trading game. Lastly, you are likely to lose whenever your feelings control your trading.

Feelings that control your decisions is one of the most important parts of it, it is definitely not something I would have expected out of just futures, it is true for every single trading as well, people act as if it is nothing important but if you put your emotions into the crypto world that would be basically ruining your whole system, that is why I think it is quite important that we do not end up with emotions controlling because that is the biggest mistake.

However rest are truly futures, it is also quite risky so you need to be a good veteran trader in order to really do it, if you are not a good trader that had great success on regular buy/sell trading world (spot) that means you are not going to be great at futures neither. In order to be great at futures, you need to be great at spot first, I have never met anyone in my life who lost money on spot and was bad at it but somehow became good in futures trading.

[batang_bitcoin]

Many individuals begin trading without fully understanding the contract's fundamentals. A winner and a loser are available for each trade. In order to hedge their other positions, many firms and professional fund managers use futures. To lower the risk of their portfolio, they are using their futures contract.

In the market whether in spot or futures, there will always be a winner and loser. If someone gains, it's someone's loss.

In futures trading, long term success comes from mastering three disciplines. You are probably familiar with these rules if you are a successful stock trader. First, you need a proven process of trading that works for trading futures. Next, proper techniques for money management can go a long way to helping you win the futures trading game. Lastly, you are likely to lose whenever your feelings control your trading.

The last part for me is the most important. Whether how good you are in strategies and you're very good in analysis through charts if you're very emotional, don't feel sorry for yourself but you're likely to lose.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Of course it is possible, but it is your responsibility which commercial operations are convenient for you and any not, if you enter into these types of operations or negotiations you must be clear about the risks, I would advise in the short term, but if you have the confidence do it in the long term.

[teosanru]

I am new in cryptocurrency Trading. I want to know, Can i trade Future Trading for long term or short term...🙄

Definitely yes! Crypto futures are the most recent thing that has caught some steam in the crypto space. Generally, it doesn't matter much if you buy Bitcoin or it's futures because even delivery of bitcoin is immediate but this difference has been created due to huge amounts of leverage that exchanges are offering these days. Derivatives exchanges like FTX, Bitmex, and even Binance are now making much more business than traditional exchange catering only bitcoin. Coming to trading futures. I would love to recommend you futures trading. But futures obviously come with a big caveat. Futures are undoubtedly the riskiest thing you can buy. It's because you the Liquidation point is sometimes so close to the current price and we all know how volatile this, therefore a lot of positions are liquidated on daily basis in this market. The very first thing you will need to learn before starting trading is risk management and how to create positions while keeping tight stop losses and still get profits. You can trade futures in long term only if you sustain yourself with your limited capital in this choppy market.

[velive08]

you can trade long or short term according to your budget. Normally for the short-term monthly term, if the term is more than 2 months, it is included in the long term, and don't forget to choose tokens or coins that have a high future in the future.

[geegaw]

you can trade long or short term according to your budget. Normally for the short-term monthly term, if the term is more than 2 months, it is included in the long term, and don't forget to choose tokens or coins that have a high future in the future.

Perhaps you are misunderstanding this problem, trading future does not depend on our budget too much, it depends on our skills and experience and personally, I think we should enter short-term futures trading because this is the safest option when this futures contract always has certain daily fees, in the long run, we will be at a disadvantage, sometimes the profit will not be able to cover the daily fee. The most important is the leverage no matter small or big, we are always risky with this market, many people often burn their accounts just because trading futures in the long term.

[pankowri]

Long time and short time trading depend on some logic and predicament. So, as usual, you will trade according to the predicament and based on your category of work. Now presume you are not patient, what should you do? Of course in that prosecution, you will not do long-term trading. Because you will be anxious all the period. Of course, it is also not useful for your trading life, experience, and your health. Likewise, it turns out you can work with enough patience in case you can do long-term trading. My opinion is that if you are a beginner or expect very fast profit then you are trading short time.

[Ridwan Fauzi]

I am new in cryptocurrency Trading. I want to know, Can i trade Future Trading for long term or short term...🙄

Depend on your capital and levarage that you use. If you have a huge capital and use low leverage then there is a chance for you to hold your position for long term. I'm sure there will be many investor who will do this.

But for myself I just choose short term trading, everytime I trade I'll choose directly the profit target. As an example I always use low capital like $100 then I'll only have a target $10 for every time I enter to the market.

At least I'll make two until three entry in one day using 4 time frame as a banchmark to see the market sentiment. Trading future is like trading spot, you can hold it for long term and short investment depend on your strategy and situation.

[Coin_trader]

Long time and short time trading depend on some logic and predicament. So, as usual, you will trade according to the predicament and based on your category of work. Now presume you are not patient, what should you do? Of course in that prosecution, you will not do long-term trading. Because you will be anxious all the period. Of course, it is also not useful for your trading life, experience, and your health. Likewise, it turns out you can work with enough patience in case you can do long-term trading. My opinion is that if you are a beginner or expect very fast profit then you are trading short time.

You are answering in general about trading without reading carefully the main point of OP. He is asking about "Future Trading" which we all know that best only for short trading that's why its called "Future" trading.

The daily interest on position will decrease the profit or increase the loss of the traders overtime no matter what is the situation. Trading it long term is very risky.

[CapGelatik]

of course it can, but it is risky, we do not know the market situation is very volatile, usually dumps just happen, and panic sell occurs,
futures trading for me is not for long-term investment, but for getting profit every day, if you want to invest and hold long term, spot market is the right choice.
this way, if you are still insistent on long term trading futures, then you have to buy it at the bottom end, don't let the market sentiment change, if it changes liquidation will come your way.

[Majharul Saiif]

Of course, only short-term trading can not be a part of the investment and it is not a way to succeed in the long run. If you want to get only profit then the short-term investment is perfect but if you want to increase your investment value then you should trade for the long term. So if one wants to reach your goal in life then long-term trade is a perfect choice.

[bassbity]

Futute trading is not good for long term  as i loss their. You can earn 10% or even more in futute trading but its not a stable market and you can lose your money.
I advise you to do a spot trading and make profit here . its almost risk free

That's right, for altcoin trading we must be able to see and consider all the potential from various aspects. because altcoin prices soar depending on how Trends and Hype at a certain moment. then SPOT trading is more effective to use.
As for Bitcoin and Ethereum long-term trading is much more profitable.