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Why trade index futures instead of stocks or commodities?
- highly liquid
- large intra-day price swings
- high leverage
- low intitial capital requirement
- lower risk than buying and holding stocks
- just as easy to trade the short side as the long side
- only have to study one index instead of 100's of stocks

Why trade index futures instead of working 9-5?
- higher income potential (in the long term, if you make it)
- more freedom (although you'll still work yr butt off)
- more flexible hours
- don't have to toe anybody else's party line
- don't have to lie, cheat, or steal
- don't have to take orders from some anal retentive bureaucrat half your age
- don't have to get dressed if you don't want to