For many individual investors, options and futures are exotic instruments. This is far from the case, once you learn the difference between the two. The truth is that with widespread availability of brokers catering to individuals, buying an option or a futures contract can be just as easy as buying a stock. Still, there are many reasons why trading options is better for most of us than futures. And we will cover those today. Tags: trading strategies The post Why Trading Options Is Better Than Futures appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .