Final-hour trading is effective during typical market sessions that are dominated by economic reports and the collective action of institutions and individual investors.

If you don't offer relevant products to your customers, you'll not only have a much more difficult time making sales -- you could actually end up damaging your credibility, and decreasing your sales.

The various futures markets set a "limit" price before each session based on the settlement price at the end of the previous day?s trading. If the price of a particular futures contract hits the limit price, trading is suspended for a specific period of time.