why i quit forex for futures (and why you probably should too)

i traded forex for about 3 years before switching to futures, and honestly i feel like an idiot for waiting so long.
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i see a lot of new guys asking "what's the difference?" so i wanted to break it down simply.

the big lie about forex is that when you trade "forex" on most retail brokers, you aren't trading the actual market. you are trading a cfd. basically, your broker is the casino. because there is no centralized exchange, the price on one broker might be different than the price on another. this means "hidden" spreads and weird slippage are rampant. you are playing in a decentralized pool where the big boys have way more info than you.

futures are cleaner because they trade on a centralized exchange like the CME. everyone sees the exact same price. everyone sees the exact same volume. there is no "broker A vs broker B" price difference.

the cost difference is huge too.

in forex, the "spread" is how the broker gets paid. it fluctuates. during news, it widens and stops you out. in futures, the spread is usually 1 or 2 tick. commissions are fixed and usually way cheaper if you are trading any decent size.

the data quality is the biggest one for me. in futures, you can see real volume data (order flow). in spot forex, "volume" is just tick volume (how many times price changed), not actual money changing hands.

it's useless for real analysis. anyway, not financial advice, just my 2 cents. if you are struggling with "stop hunts" in forex, try switching to futures. it felt like taking off training wheels for me.

anyone else make the switch recently?
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