🎯 Simple Futures Strategies for Beginners
1. Scalp Trading - Quick Scalping
Goal: Make a few % ROI with low leverage up to several dozen % ROI with high leverage (very small margin).
Holding time: A few minutes to 1-2 hours.
🔹 Example:
BTC is moving sideways around the price of 63,000.
You enter a Long position at 63,000, set TP at 63,150 (+150 USD).
After 15-30 minutes, if TP is reached, you take quick profits.
If the price drops to 62,950, then cut small losses to protect capital.
👉 Scalpers need to react quickly, prioritize M1-M5 timeframe (1 minute - 5 minutes).
2. Swing Trading - Catching Small Trends
Goal: Capture a full upward or downward swing over a few days.
Holding time: 2-7 days.
🔹 Example:
ETH after breaking the old peak at 3,000 is pulling back to test support.
You enter a Long position at 3,050, set TP at 3,400 (capture the entire upward swing).
Stop Loss is set below support, for example, 2,950.
👉 Swing traders usually look at the 4H - D1 timeframe to catch trends.
3. Breakout Trading - Trading on Breakouts
Goal: Enter trades when the price breaks resistance or support.
🔹 Example:
BTC has touched resistance at 65,000 multiple times but has not broken it.
When the price strongly breaks through 65,200 with high volume → You enter Long following the breakout wave.
Set Stop Loss just below the breakout area around 64,800 to limit risk.
👉 Be careful of fake breakouts - wait for confirmation like high volume.
4. Range Trading - Trading within a Sideways Range
Goal: Buy at support, sell at resistance.
🔹 Example:
BTC is moving sideways in the range of 60,000-62,000.
When the price approaches 60,000, you Long.
When the price moves towards 62,000, you Short or take profits.
Easiest to succeed when the market does not have a clear trend.
👉 Suitable for patient traders, trading on H1 - H4 timeframe.
