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How Delta Hedging Can Balance Your Portfolio

For decades, institutional traders have limited the risk exposure of their portfolios by implementing delta hedging strategies. These methodologies...

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Tips & Strategies

3 Advantages To E-Mini Trading

The lineup of E-mini futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) offers something for everyone. No matter whether your specialty is...

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Tips & Strategies

E-Minis: The Perfect Vehicle During Market Volatility

Volatility can arise suddenly, destroying winning trades and shaking the markets to their core. Successfully navigating turbulent financial waters...

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Futures Trading

3 Steps to Opening Your First Online Futures Trading Account

The vastly reduced barriers to entry may be the biggest upside to trading in the contemporary futures marketplace. In comparison to decades past,...

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Ag Marketing

Hedging Your Crop with Futures vs Options

It’s a debate as old as time: futures versus options. When does one use futures? When does one use options? When does one use both at the same time?...

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Futures Trading

What Is Margin Trading?

If you’re new to futures, then you may find yourself asking: What is margin trading? In short, margin trading is the act of securing the rights to an...

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Tips & Strategies

Where Does Gold Come From?

According to NASA , the origins of gold lie in outer space. It’s a byproduct of either the collision of neutron stars or supernova explosions. How...

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Futures Markets

Who Owns the World’s Gold?

Gold has been a premium asset for centuries, acting both as a store of wealth and a means of exchange. Whether used in specie, a currency peg, or...

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Futures Markets

Gold and the Global Financial Crisis of 2008

The financial crisis of 2008 shook the foundations of traditional finance. For the first time since the Great Depression, the future viability of the...

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Futures 101

Is Futures Trading Gambling?

Futures trading is often characterized as being similar to playing poker or betting horses for a living. The possibility of financial loss brings...

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