Why Trade Futures Instead of Stocks?

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Futures offer many advantages over stocks, especially for active traders:
    • No PDT Rule – You can day trade as much as you want, even with a small account.
    • Lower Commissions & Fees – Futures are often cheaper to trade than stocks or options.
    • Market Hours – You can trade futures 23 hours per day, 6 days per week. Very beneficial for part time traders who can only trade at night.
    • Lower Startup Costs - Start trading futures for less than $100 with programs like Apex Trader Funding.
    • Deep Liquidity – Especially in contracts like ES and NQ, making entries/exits smooth - get filled at the same prices as us.
    • Cleaner Price Action – More predictable and repeatable price action due to the extra liquidity.
    • Swing Trading – Futures are better for swing trading due to the market being open 23 hours - less chance of a gap that you cant sell due to market closure (this is a big risk with stocks, and options).
    • Many traders who struggled with stocks find greater consistency and clarity in the futures market, especially when trading structured setups like we do at Livestream Trading.