Advanced Techniques for Futures Trading: Trailing Stop Strategy
Futures and stock trading are two very different disciplines. While it’s true that the ultimate goal of each endeavor is to buy low and sell high (or...
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Advanced Techniques for Futures Trading: Bracket Orders
Among the many advanced trading strategies that traders employ in the futures markets, bracket orders are among the most powerful. Brackets promote...
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Advanced Techniques for Futures Trading: How Slippage Can Compromise a Strong Strategy
No matter how seasoned or talented a futures trader may be, chances are slippage will have been a formidable adversary at one time or another. To...
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Understanding Oil Futures Leverage
A common saying in financial markets asserts that leverage is the quintessential double-edged sword. That axiom may never be more relevant than it is...
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Selling Options to Collect Premium
“Options cost too much”. That’s a rationale we hear all the time when we ask producers why they don’t use options to hedge their production. At...
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How to Use Candlestick Patterns for Day Trading
Developed in the 18th century by rice trader Munehisa Homma, Japanese candlesticks have a long and storied history in the financial markets. From the...
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Trading E-mini Futures for a Living
Update – this post was written before the launch of CME’s newest product – the Micro E-Mini.
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How to Get Started with Candlestick Trading
Since being introduced to Western traders and investors in Steve Nison’s 1991 book Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, candlestick trading has...
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Trading Sideways Markets: Selling Short Straddles
What are you doing in a low volatility, sideways trading market? Are you sitting on your hands and “waiting it out”? Or are you taking advantage of...
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How to Incorporate Fibonacci Extensions into a Trading Plan
The Fibonacci sequence is frequently found throughout the natural world. From the profiles of seashells and hurricanes to its role in fractal...
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