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August 11, 2019
The ultimate list of global proprietary trading firms.
September 12, 2019
Here are the commodity trading companies driving trading prices and production. Futures Magazine publishes the ultimate list of top global commodity trading companies.
June 14, 2019
We surveyed active traders to give opinions on the top futures brokers. Great insights for futures trading and active traders.
October 24, 2019
I find the opening gap plays to be the best way to start the trading day. While they are among the simplest technical conditions, price gaps generate a lot of questions among traders. Why do gaps happen? How can we foresee gaps? Do gaps always get filled?
June 07, 2019
Alternative Data is the hot new alpha generator for hedge funds and traders. We periodically survey and review the Top Alternative Data providers to deliver unique insights and alpha capturing ideas.
November 11, 2019
With powerful modern trading tools, volume profile analysis is more accessible than it has ever been before. In this article, we’ll explore ways to use volume profile trading techniques to improve the trading and execution location.
April 30, 2014
Standing buy and sell orders can provide an inside look into market bias. Here’s how market depth can provide clues to future price direction.
October 22, 2019
Megaphone patterns were first described in Richard Schabacker’s 1932 book: “Technical Analysis and Stock Market Profits,” as rare and intricate patterns.
December 04, 2019
We emphasize to our traders that sometimes you’re able to receive breaking trading news from Twitter tweets and worldwide news networks before the trading squawk boxes and financial news television report the story.
February 28, 2011
In the loud, type A personality world of futures trading, Bill Eckhardt stands out from the crowd. If he were a football coach, he would be Bill Walsh, the quiet genius amid the screaming masses
September 30, 2019
Why Professional Traders Focus on Risk Reward vs. Win Rate. If you told somebody new to trading that markets can only go in one of two directions, it would be natural for them to conclude that even a beginner could be right half the time.
November 29, 2016
Markets demonstrate repetitive patterns where prices oscillate between one set of price ratios and another making price projections possible. Market trends can be defined by geometric relationships as they exhibit harmonic relationships between the price and time swings. Many investors/traders use cycles and harmonic relationships to project future swing price/times.
March 16, 2015
Weekly options are one of the fastest growing products and can be used to create lower risk strategies; but for long-term profitability, you need to approach it as a business.
November 07, 2019
Are you ignorant or do you have an agenda? Well, maybe both. One reason I might be both is that I was shocked at the stunning 7.9-million-barrel increase in crude oil supply reported by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
July 08, 2015
The world's most liquid market typically is an in and out trade. But what if you want to hold on longer?
September 20, 2013
What happened to the traders portrayed in the movie "Floored"? Here are some answers.
April 15, 2015
While both volatility and implied volatility are commonly understood concepts, the idea of “volatility term structure” is new to many and can be helpful in trading.
June 19, 2019
There have been rumors of recent financial distress at some proprietary trading firms that trade Eurodollar Short Term Interest Rates on the CME Group exchange. The latest block trades posted today confirm that one of these firms might have capitulated or sold the position to deeper-pocket hedge funds or trading firms.
November 18, 2019
Is day trading without charts an amazing feat that can only be achieved by the elite traders? Or is it possible that it’s something quite straightforward? We introduce how traders use Volume Profile for specific key support and resistance trading levels
July 25, 2013
In the world of futures trading, the commodity trading firms who focus on the physical world is the plane on which derivatives stand. But who are they?