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Futures Trading Guides & Articles

Eight clear, beginner-friendly guides—one for every tool in the Garner Gold trading toolkit.

Gold Futures Position Size

Learn how to calculate GC and MGC position size using account risk, stop distance, point value, and a simple gold futures formula.

Use a prop firm challenge calculator to measure target progress, daily profit needs, risk units, and a realistic evaluation plan.

Learn how futures traders use an economic calendar to identify high-impact events, plan risk, and avoid surprise volatility.

Understand New York, London, and Tokyo trading sessions, time-zone changes, market overlap, and how to choose a futures trading window.

Build a simple gold futures dashboard with price, support, resistance, directional bias, economic news, and pre-trade notes.

Learn what to record in a futures trading journal, how to review results, and how to turn trade data into better rules.

Use this futures pre-trade checklist to confirm market context, news, setup quality, stop placement, position size, and daily limits.

Create a futures trading plan with clear markets, sessions, entry rules, risk per trade, daily loss limits, and exit rules.