Thursday, December 21, 2006 Alfred Pakasi, Managing Partner VBLC Putting capital in the stock futures, both in commodity futures products, stock index or currency the foreign investment pportunities that offer advantages over the income from savings or deposits. Opportunities that benefit both obtained when the price rises or falls, and through the mechanism of margin. However, this tansaksi also known as high-risk or high risk high return. Such risks picture makes many reluctant to invest through trade futures exchanges.

        Risk of loss can occur due to Managing Risk in Futures Exchange Thursday, December 21, 2006 Alfred Pakasi, Managing Partner VBLC Putting capital in the stock futures, both in commodity futures products, stock index or currency the foreign investment opportunities that offer advantages over the income from savings or deposits. Opportunities that benefit both obtained when the price rises or falls, and through the mechanism of margin. However, this tansaksi also known as high-risk or high risk high
return. Such risks picture makes many reluctant to invest through trade futures exchanges.

        Risk of loss can occur because the market price moves in the opposite of the prediction markets
expected by an investor. In fact, in the transaction and currency futures trading foreigners are allowed to be minimization of the risk of loss. Through mechanisms risk management, the loss position will be locked to not be a bigger loss.

        In fact, it is possible to change the position of loss into profit. Here are described some of the techniques risk management that can be used. The first is to cut losses, the closing act in a position to reduce the potential loss greater losses. For example, if an investor takes a position to buy a new (new buy) dengan harapan terjadi kenaikan harga pasar, namun kemudian yang terjadi adalah penurunan harga yang continues. Cut loss is the action out of the market by selling close (close sell or sell liquid). This action is to reduce the greater losses given the market trend situation opposite.

Both are cut and switch. This is equivalent to cut loss mechanism, which is immediately followed by opening new positions opposite the starting position. For example, when out of position to buy earlier, the same investors sell to take a new position (sell new) because it realized its position error decreasing trend compared to the market price at that time. With this action it will direct investors reduce the losses which had occurred.

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         Subsequent risk management methods is the straddle. Here the investor to open a new position in the opposite with the previous position. Dalam contoh kita di atas, investor mengambil posisi posisi jual baru (new sell). The goal is to lock the position referred to as locking position - losses that have occurred. It

        done when investors were still reluctant to realize the harm that position may still want to bserving market developments before taking a decision for the next position. Third, double cover. Here, like straddle, but the new position opened in the number of lots more compared to its initial position. In our case, investors will open a new sales position with the lot a position more than the previous purchase. If there is indeed convinced that the market bearish, this step will quickly replace the loss position became significant advantage. Fourth, averaging, ie taking the same position as before at different prices. This technique is effective when the price movement is a form of market correction. Back to the examples,
declining prices as investors believed the market's correction is always fluctuating. At prices lower investors buy put back new position, which can provide potential larger profits when prices turned up (rebounding). Implementation of risk management methods should be accompanied by a sharp market observation. Thus the investor losses will be minimized. If the minimum losses, is expected potential benefits would be more optimum. Is not it our goal to invest?