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Tips & Strategies

Tired of Equity Trading? Stock Index Futures Are Worth a Look

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that the unexpected can create chaos in the capital markets. For astute market participants, the COVID-19-inspired...

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Futures Trading

Avoiding The Perils Of Trading Leverage

Boasting initial margins ranging from 5 to 15 percent, the futures markets are a paradise for traders interested in maximizing the potential of their...

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Futures Markets

Seasonality: The Impact on the Energy Markets

Seasonality refers to the fluctuations in the value of an asset in relation to the time of year. Although predicting the effect of its impact isn’t...

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Tips & Strategies

When Should You Use a Trailing Stop Loss Strategy?

Using a trailing stop loss is a great way to lock in profits or limit risk in an active market. In fact, professional futures traders frequently...

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Futures Contracts

What’s the Difference Between Forward and Futures Contracts?

From exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to forex pairs, a vast array of derivatives products help individuals pursue almost any financial goal. Two such...

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Technical Analysis 101: What Is the Parabolic SAR?

Active traders have a vast array of technical tools and indicators to deploy. One of the most basic and useful is the parabolic SAR (PSAR).

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Tips & Strategies

Using Futures and Options to Protect Your Portfolio from Systematic Risk

Systematic risk is a term used to describe the probability of a broad-based market meltdown occurring. Although comprehensive market crashes are...

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Futures 101

What Are Futures Options Brokers?

Futures options brokers furnish aspiring traders with a means of pursuing almost any financial goal in the derivatives markets. A few of the core...

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Ag Marketing

Maximize Your Harvest with Grain Futures Trading

Accurately predicting the financial result of your grain harvest months ahead of time is certainly a challenge. A litany of factors impact the final...

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Futures Investing

How to Trade Micro WTI Crude Oil Futures Contracts

When it comes to commodities, energies are an exceedingly popular asset class. And, within the energies segment, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude...

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