Futures trading has steadily gained more attention over the past few years so we decided to cover the best futures trading platforms on the market. Futures markets offers investors an avenue to speculate on a variety of assets like stocks, indices, currency pairs, and commodities such as metals, crude oil, corn, grain, beef, and pork. […]
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Futures Trader Spotlight: Marty “Pit Bull” Schwartz
Marty Schwartz is the Pit Bull. He’s one of the most successful publicly known independent traders in the last few decades. Being independent for the majority of his career, he became known through his outstanding performances in trading championships, and his interview with Jack Schwager in the first Market Wizards release. After his brush with […]
E-mini Futures – Everything You Need to Know
Futures have become a popular financial product for active traders for many reasons, but what are they and how do they work? In this guide we will cover the details behind e-mini futures and how you can get started trading them. What Are Futures? Put simplest, futures are an agreement to buy or sell a […]
Understanding Tick Sizes and Tick Values in the Futures Markets
Futures markets are one of the most popular places for day traders and speculators to get involved in. For one, futures contracts can be traded anytime in the day as opposed to trading stocks on exchanges that open and close at certain times. This way, people don’t need to worry about their time zones, as […]