Hedging with futures may help reduce risk in a portfolio by potentially offsetting losses during market downswings. The leverage that futures offer makes them an excellent vehicle for hedging because a small investment allows you to control a large asset. In this video, you’ll learn how to hedge your portfolio using futures. Futures and futures options trading is speculative, and is not suitable for all investors. Please read the Risk Disclosure for Futures and Options https://www.tdameritrade.com/retail-en_us/resources/pdf/TDA631.pdf prior to trading futures products. This video is part of the Fundamentals of Futures Trading course. Open an account to get access to the full course and more investor education: http://bit.ly/SignUpTDAmeritrade Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubscribeTDAmeritrade Check out Trader Talks for daily livestreamed webcasts with TD Ameritrade education coaches: http://bit.ly/SubscribeTDAmeritradeTraderTalks We post educational videos that bring investing and finance topics back down to earth weekly. Have a question or topic suggestion? Let us know. Connect with TD Ameritrade: Facebook: http://bit.ly/TDAmeritradeFacebook Twitter: http://bit.ly/TwitterTDAmeritrade