S%P Futures vs S&P Stocks - Trading-Lab

james3313 · #1 05-08-2008, 05:47 AM

I noticed a lot of stock traders talk about futures how "they were up today" or "they were down in premarket trading." What is the correlation between sp/dow/nasdaq futures and sp/dow/nasdaq indexes? Does one influence the other?

Leth · #2 05-08-2008, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by james3313

I noticed a lot of stock traders talk about futures how "they were up today" or "they were down in premarket trading." What is the correlation between sp/dow/nasdaq futures and sp/dow/nasdaq indexes? Does one influence the other?

you can buy and sell futures contracts on the S&P500, just like you can buy and sell outright shares or options contracts on the S&P500. the only thing different is the trading vehicle (futures, options, shares). an S&P500 futures chart appears just like an S&P500 stock chart in any same time frame.

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#1 05-08-2008, 05:47 AM
james3313 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1	S%P Futures vs S&P Stocks I noticed a lot of stock traders talk about futures how "they were up today" or "they were down in premarket trading." What is the correlation between sp/dow/nasdaq futures and sp/dow/nasdaq indexes? Does one influence the other?