What is Basis: New Tutorial by Futurestradingpedia.com

Aug. 8, 2011 - PRLog -- True to its mission to provide free futures trading education for the layman in simple to understand words and concepts, Futurestradingpedia.com released a new free online tutorial on what  Basis means in Futures Trading.

Basis is one the the most important concepts to understand in futures trading as it is one thing in futures trading that affects everything you do in futures trading as well as the results you get. Basis results in imperfect tracking of futures price versus spot price and basis can also result in unexpected profit or loss in outright futures speculation. In fact, basis is one of the most important element to hedge against in commodities trading where futures contracts are used to hedge huge exposures in the underlying asset. Basis also affect the roll yield you get when you roll forward your futures position.

Instead of joining futures trading seminars that cost thousands just to learn about what Basis is, Futurestradingpedia.com is giving away this knowledge for free at http://www.futurestradingpedia.com/futures_basis.htm

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