>Go long on futures>Buyers stop raising the bid and I get raped by sellers>Go short on futures>Sellers start raising the ask so I get raped by buyersHow the fuck are you supposed to win at this shit? Jesus fucking Christ.
You don't. 75% of the volume is completely fake. A left hand passing contracts to the right hand and then back to the left hand and seeing what/who they catch in the middle - you. Big institutions have the Fed on speed dial and are already trading trillions of dollars in buying power. They can exterminate you as afternoon entertainment.