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Futures 101

Understanding Chart Patterns Trading vs. Indicators

Chart patterns trading is often equated to buying and selling at the direction of technical indicators. However, although chart patterns are...

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Futures 101

Learning Forex Price Action Trading Methods and Strategies

Price is the current value of a security as determined by open market forces. It’s the product of an ongoing and unfettered interaction between...

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Futures 101

Selecting the Best Futures Trading Charts for Your Strategy

In the contemporary marketplace, technical analysis is king. The study of price action itself is the backbone of many trading strategies and the...

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Your Top Three Requirements to Trade Futures

Baseball players are well-advised to take a pair of cleats, gloves, and bat with them to the diamond. For the modern futures trader, the list of...

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All Futures Trading Platforms Aren’t Equal

For about 20 years, software platforms have served as avenues to the marketplace for futures traders. Today, no matter if you’re dealing in...

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Tips & Strategies

How You Can Benefit From The CME Launch Of Micro E-mini Futures

Touted as long overdue by many in the derivatives community, the launch of Micro E-mini futures by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) on May 5,...

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Tips & Strategies

When Should I Use a Butterfly Spread?

In trading, as in life, timing is everything. Often, the difference between winning and losing is not what you do but when you do it.

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Tips & Strategies

How Trading Leverage Can Produce Extraordinary Gains

Futures trading is a unique discipline. There are no time clocks to punch, 401ks, or employee health insurance policies ― your success depends upon...

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Futures 101

The Basics Of Day Trading E-mini Products

The lineup of futures products available for trade on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) provides a wide variety of asset classes. From...

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Crude Oil

Is Crude Oil in a Long-Term Bear Market?

The first three and a half years of Donald J. Trump’s presidency proved active for the global oil complex. Featuring atypical market...

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