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<p>Cryptocurrency market volatility has brought about many money-making opportunities for savvy traders. One of these opportunities is futures trading, an easy way to make a quick buck and manage price volatility.</p><p>Unfortunately, many crypto traders are unaware of this opportunity, but this article aims to change all that. With this article, you’ll get a comprehensive introduction to how the futures trading market operates and things to take note of.</p><p><img src="https://academy-public.coinmarketcap.com/optimized-uploads/5b507e8a3cdb4148bc26824fca93953c.gif" />Source: <a href="https://tenor.com/en-GB/view/taking-notes-notes-gif-17478299096235163441" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Tenor</a></p><h2 id="header-0">Understanding Futures Trading</h2><p>Futures trading is like a contract or an agreement to buy or sell some digital assets at a future date. This means that whatever the price that buyer or seller sets, they’ll have to sell or buy those assets at the agreed date. The digital asset in question can be securities, commodities like precious metals, or <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/financialinstrument.asp" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">financial instruments</a>.</p><p>With futures trading, people in volatile markets, like the cryptocurrency market, can hedge (or protect themselves) against unexpected price changes. So, they can set up a contract to purchase a particular cryptocurrency at an agreed-upon price in the future. This hedging allows them to acquire that particular digital asset at the set date, regardless of how its market price changes.</p><p></p><h2 id="header-1"><a href="https://hodl.fm/intro-futures-trading" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">READ MORE ON HODL.FM</a></h2>

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