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What Are CME Event-Based Contracts?

Since its inception, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has been an innovator in the trade of financial derivatives. From its lineup of E-mini...

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Futures Trading

How To Make Your Futures Trading Charts Better

In the contemporary marketplace, pricing charts are the trader’s window to the action. Unless you craft your decisions based solely on fundamentals,...

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Risk Management 101: What Is Hedging?

In the real world, as well as in the markets, managing risk is a critical part of avoiding financial catastrophe. From buying a life insurance policy...

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Futures 101

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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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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Futures 101

Making Money With Emini Trading Strategies That Work

The E-mini lineup of products listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) offers traders access to a diverse cross section of asset classes. No...

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Tips & Strategies

Trading Small Cap Stocks with E-Mini Russell 2000 Futures

If you’re interested in maximizing risk and reward, look no further than the Russell 2000 index. Comprising equity offerings nicknamed the “small...

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Futures 101

How to Learn Commodity Trading

Commodity futures offer market participants a variety of deep, volatile markets. Whether you’re trading metal, energy, or agricultural contracts,...

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Futures 101

Understanding the Key Components of a Futures Contract

Futures products come in all shapes and sizes, facing a broad spectrum of asset classes. However, no matter which futures contract you’re interested...

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Futures Markets

Are the Futures Markets Efficient?

According to the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), the financial markets are methodical systems specializing in the valuation of assets. Under EMH,...

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