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Trading Strategy

Futures Trading 101: Market Slippage

In the arena of futures trading, the cost of doing business is fairly straightforward. Exchange and clearing fees, as well as brokerage commissions,...

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Futures Trading

Understanding How to Use Bollinger Bands

Developed by John Bollinger in the 1980s, Bollinger Bands (BBs) are a popular public domain technical tool for active futures traders. No matter your...

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Technical Indicators

Understanding Chart Patterns Trading vs. Indicators

Chart patterns trading is often equated to buying and selling at the direction of technical indicators. However, although chart patterns are...

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Trading Strategy

The Best Commodity Trading Hours: Timing Is Everything

From cattle to copper, soybeans to silver, and crude oil to cotton, commodity futures provide market participants with a variety of unique market...

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Trading Strategy

Scalping Options: What It Means and How to Become a Scalper

Scalping is an ultra-short-term trading strategy in which the trader repeatedly tries to buy the bid or sell the offer and then shortly exits the...

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Futures Investing

How to Trade Micro WTI Crude Oil Futures Contracts

When it comes to commodities, energies are an exceedingly popular asset class. And, within the energies segment, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude...

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Trading Strategy

What Is Your Futures Trading Style?

Futures trading requires both creativity and a pragmatic approach to conducting day-to-day business. Unlike professions where you work in a group or...

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Futures 101

3 Easy Ways to Learn Futures Trading

When it comes to active trading, the learning curve is steep, and time is money. Getting up to speed as quickly as possible may be the most important...

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Trading Strategy

Advanced Techniques for Futures Trading: Trailing Stop Strategy

Managing profitable positions efficiently is an integral aspect of achieving longevity in the futures marketplace. Addressing trade selection and...

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Tips & Strategies

How You Can Benefit From The CME Launch Of Micro E-mini Futures

Touted as long overdue by many in the derivatives community, the launch of Micro E-mini futures by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) on May 5,...

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