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Futures under fire

By Daniel P. Collins | January 12, 2014

The problem with when a mainstream business media outlet writes about the futures industry is they usually get it wrong

Get the greed monkey off your back

By Matt McKinney | January 8, 2014

How hard can it be to capture a 50 cent move in crude oil with a one-lot for a $500 profit throughout the course of a trading session? It sounds so easy. But, one of the major issues traders encounter is one of the seven deadly sins — GREED.

What are spreads all about?

By Matthew Bradbard | January 6, 2014

With a spread, you follow the relationship, or difference between the contracts, without having to pick a market direction. When you trade an outright futures position there is only one way that you can make money.

Top 20 investment Myths: Part 2

By Michael | December 25, 2013

Statistics do not reveal risk. As I state in the summary for this myth, “risk can only be determined by an understanding and evaluation of the return drivers underlying any given trading strategy.”

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