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Your source for futures tips, trends, and insights to optimize your trading strategy.

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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Tips & Strategies

How Does Implied Volatility Affect Options?

In the futures and options markets, volatility is a primary concern of every participant. No matter what you’re trading―whether it’s stocks or...

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Tips & Strategies

Technical Futures Trading Techniques Successful Traders Use

Futures trading is a discipline approached from countless perspectives by people from all walks of life. No matter your background, it’s possible to...

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Tips & Strategies

Manage Your Currency Risk With A Robust Forex Hedging Strategy

For investors and producers who participate in the global markets, currency risk is a very real consideration. Currency risk, also known as...

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Bearish

The Breakdown of Bull and Bear Spreads

When it comes right down to it, there are two perspectives that a trader can have on a market: bullish or bearish. If you’re bullish, then you expect...

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Futures 101

E-mini Russell 2000 Futures FAQs

The Russell 2000 (RUT) is a publicly traded equities index that is composed of a diverse cross-section of U.S. small-cap companies. Featuring...

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Developing a Commodity Futures Trading Strategy and System

The futures markets are exciting and attractive to many individuals. However, potential traders are faced with the daunting task of determining how...

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Trading Strategy

What Is Your Futures Trading Style?

Futures trading requires both creativity and a pragmatic approach to conducting day-to-day business. Unlike professions where you work in a group or...

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Futures Trading

3 Times When Selling A Futures Contract Is A Good Idea

The sale of any personal asset often carries with it a negative connotation. Selling is sometimes associated with unwanted property liquidations,...

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Futures 101

The Basics Of Futures Analysis: Fundamentals Vs Technicals

When it comes to futures analysis, there are two primary schools of thought: fundamental and technical. Each discipline has legions of dedicated...

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