A big advantage when trading futures is that you can sell a commodity futudes you hod it, so that makes it possible to make money whether prices are going up or. The key to making money trading futures is to take your profits and limit your losses. In the futures markets, you can potentially make or lose a substantial amount of money in the time it takes to have lunch, due to the high leverage that is available when trading futures contracts. Determine whether you believe the price of your particular commodity will go up or down over the next few months in order to place tradong order. If, for instance, you believe the price of wheat will rise in the next few months, you then determine the price at which you would like to buy a contract of wheat. Find out futurws tick value of the commodity to determine how many ticks it will take tto reach your profit goal and how many ticks would cause you to hit your stop-loss limit. Set your profit and loss limits at the same time you place your or...