Futures Contracts: Rollover and Settlement
In contrast to many other financial instruments, futures contracts are traded on a finite timeline. A futures contract may not be held in perpetuity...
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Differences Between Contango and Normal Backwardation in Commodity Futures
This blog covers common topics about contango and backwardation in the commodity markets. What they are? How they are different? What are their...
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The Moving Average Ribbon
The Moving Average Ribbon indicator is a series of moving averages of different lengths plotted at the same time on a chart. The result is a ribbon...
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How Do I Trade Futures Online?
Things You Need To Know Contract Symbols — Each futures and commodity contract has its own unique symbol. For example, the symbol for corn is ZC. If...
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The True Strength Index
The True Strength Index is an indicator that was developed by William Blau in the early 1990’s. It is a momentum-based indicator that was designed to...
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Make Your Stop Loss Order a 2 Lot!
“Man I am glad I got stopped out when I did…look where the market is trading now!” This is probably a true statement if the market really went in the...
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How to Read the Commitment of Traders Report
Trading in general requires working knowledge of the moves of other traders and market participants to determine when there’s action to be taken. To...
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Basics of Grain Basis Trading: “Long the Basis”
Basis Trading is a strategy used by elevators (and some farmers) looking to take advantage of favorable basis prices by exploiting the difference...
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The Basics of Grain Basis Trading
Grain Basis is the difference between the price of a commodity in the local market subtracted from the price of the commodity in the futures market....
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What Exactly Are Futures Spreads
If a new trader is looking to use futures to earn speculative profits, an understanding of spreads relationships is essential. A futures spread is...
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