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

Buying Options

When Should You Buy an Option to Make a Profit

Options are powerful tools for generating income, hedging risk, and speculating on future market behavior. However, no matter your strategy or...

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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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Stocks

How to Transition from the Stock Market to the Commodity Market

The rise of zero-commission online equities brokerage outlets has attracted thousands of active traders to the marketplace. These services promote...

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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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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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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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Trading Strategy

What Is It Like Being a Trader

The profession of trader is unlike any other in society. The hours are unconventional, pay varies greatly, and performance is always under the...

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Futures 101

All You Need to Know About Futures Trading in US: Exchanges and Offerings

By a wide margin, the single greatest benefit of futures is the diversity of alternatives. Products facing a multitude of asset classes stand at the...

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