Futures Trading 101

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Futures Consistency Rules: Per-Day and Per-Position Limits Explained

Futures consistency rules explained: per-day vs per-position limits, how firms calculate them, worked examples and how to stay within them.

2026-08-19

Guides12 min read

Overnight Holding Futures: Margin, Gaps and Prop-Firm Restrictions

Holding futures through the daily break or the weekend adds margin and gap risk. What prop firms restrict and how to plan for it.

2026-08-07

Guides14 min read

Futures News Trading: Volatility, Slippage and Evaluation Rules

Trading futures around news: why liquidity thins and slippage grows, a worked tick-slippage example and prop firm news rules.

2026-08-04

Guides12 min read

Futures Market Data Fees: What Evaluation Traders Pay For

In regulated futures trading, however, market data is a distinct commercial product generated by centralized exchanges such as the CME Group, Eurex, or ICE.

2026-07-30

Guides12 min read

Futures Prop-Firm Payout Rules: Eligibility, Splits and Limits

In the futures proprietary space, payout rules serve as the primary risk-management bridge between simulated trader performance and firm risk exposure.

2026-07-22

Guides12 min read

Day Trading vs Swing Trading Futures: Holding, Risk and Rules

Day vs swing trading futures: holding periods, intraday vs overnight margin, and how prop firm drawdown and holding rules treat each.

2026-07-20

Guides11 min read

What Is Futures Trading? Contracts, Leverage, and Settlement Explained

How futures trading works: contract mechanics, leverage and margin, a worked profit-and-loss example and cash vs physical settlement.

2026-06-29

Guides15 min read

Mini vs Micro Futures: Contract Size, Risk and Capital Requirements

Decades later, in 2019, CME introduced Micro E-mini futures—scaled to exactly one-tenth the size of an E-mini contract.

2026-06-23

Guides11 min read

Futures Contracts Explained: Expiry, Tick Value and Margin

How futures contracts work: expiry and rollover, tick size and value, initial and maintenance margin, with worked examples.

2026-05-12

Guides12 min read

Forex Prop Firms vs Futures Prop Firms: Markets, Rules and Trader Fit

The foundational difference between forex and futures proprietary firms lies in the underlying market structure. Always verify at the official The5ers site.

2026-05-11

Guides12 min read

What Is a Futures Prop Firm? Evaluations, Rules and Payouts

If you are entirely new to futures terminology and contract specifications, you may first want to Learn What Is Futures Trading before evaluating prop firm.

2026-05-06

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