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Futures Trading

How-To Make Your First Futures Trade

You have an opinion on the futures market, you want to get involved, but you don’t know how or where to start. Sound familiar? If so, I have some...

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Futures Trading

Futures to Trade Equity Market Pullbacks

By definition, a pullback is a contradictory move in price from a periodic extreme. Pullbacks may be bullish or bearish in nature, often creating...

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Futures Trading

3 Steps to Opening Your First Online Futures Trading Account

The vastly reduced barriers to entry may be the biggest upside to trading in the contemporary futures marketplace. In comparison to decades past,...

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Futures Trading

What Is Margin Trading?

If you’re new to futures, then you may find yourself asking: What is margin trading? In short, margin trading is the act of securing the rights to an...

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Futures Markets

Who Owns the World’s Gold?

Gold has been a premium asset for centuries, acting both as a store of wealth and a means of exchange. Whether used in specie, a currency peg, or...

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Futures Markets

Gold and the Global Financial Crisis of 2008

The financial crisis of 2008 shook the foundations of traditional finance. For the first time since the Great Depression, the future viability of the...

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Trading Strategy

Dt Pro Webinar 2: Advanced Order Entry DOM Techniques

The dt Pro webinar series provides viewers with a comprehensive look at Daniels Trading’s flagship platform, dt Pro. An invaluable tool for the...

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Futures Trading

Advanced Techniques for Futures Trading: Bracket Orders

Among the many advanced trading strategies that traders employ in the futures markets, bracket orders are among the most powerful. Brackets promote...

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Trading Strategy

How to Get Started with Candlestick Trading

Since being introduced to Western traders and investors in Steve Nison’s 1991 book Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, candlestick trading has...

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Futures Trading

Trading Sideways Markets: Selling Short Straddles

What are you doing in a low volatility, sideways trading market? Are you sitting on your hands and “waiting it out”? Or are you taking advantage of...

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