Why is the Futures market supposedly more difficult?

generally, the economics of valuation are different. the price of a stock isn't necessarily tied directly to the supply of anything. a company can grow and issue and grow and issue and grow and issue, etc. etc.

a futures contract has an opposite on every trade and is tied directly to the supply and demand of a commodity or underlying.

 

Futures are too noisy to "scalp for a tick". Only a noob or a fool would try.

 

thanks for all the replies; i appreciate it.

Good Luck, whatever you may trade.

 

gnome, have you tried this?

 

No. For I am neither.

 

How do u know it doesn't work, then?

 

Have you heard the expression, "A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from the mistakes of others."

I am both.

 

I don't scalp them, since I no longer have the energy for that game.... however, there are a large number of professional traders making a great deal of money scalping for ticks...

 

My guess is that's a myth. There may be a few, but a "large" number? And whatever there are, they probably have a front-running edge of some sort.

 

Well, that's a good enough proof for me.

I hope it's good enough for all the other folk who might have tried this dead end.