Futures trading
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Global Events & Market Volatility: A Strategic Trading Perspective
When a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil … you know how that story goes. But really? Can that butterfly set off a tornado in a faraway place? It’ll remain one of life’s mysteries, but for you, there
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Investing in Agriculture: A Guide to Harvest Season Opportunities
We all have to eat. That’s not exactly a portfolio strategy, but its a good place to start when contemplating investing opportunities in American agriculture.The ongoing harvest season in the major gr
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US Dollar Dominance: Is the World's Reserve Currency Facing a Challenge?
The top-ranked NBA player likely won’t remain at the top of the basketball world forever. At some point, age will take over and his dominance on the court will become legend. But until then, he’ll kee
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Understanding Futures Contracts: A Beginner's Guide to Futures Trading
At first glance, the futures markets may appear arcane, perilous, suited only for those with nerves of steel. That’s understandable, as some tend to be more volatile in price than many traditional st
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Futures Contracts Explained: Notional Value, Tick Size & Key Specifications
Are you an experienced stock trader looking to expand your trading prowess? If so, you may be interested in the futures markets as a capital-efficient way to gain exposure to six different asset class
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Understanding Futures Options: A Guide to Diversified Trading
If you’ve read any options-related content on The Ticker Tape, or perhaps watched our media affiliate, the TD Ameritrade Network, you’ve likely noticed that a lot of strategy examples feature equ
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Trading Treasury Bonds: A Deep Dive into a Powerful Market
For some people, the thought of trading bonds evokes images of Mortimer and Randolph sipping brandy in smoking jackets, or maybe retirees waiting patiently for their biannual coupon payments. Dull, ri
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Understanding Futures Contracts: A Comprehensive Guide for Investors
A futures contract is a legally binding agreement to buy or sell a standardized asset at a predetermined price at a specified time in the future. Typically, futures contracts are traded electronically
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Futures Margin & Strategies: A Beginner's Guide to Risk Management
You finally gave up the mini van, and you’re cruising along Tuscany’s winding roads in your flashy red sports car, testing the handsome machine’s powerful capabilities. You’re completely lost in
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Protect Your Portfolio: Using Futures for Market Downturn Protection
Futures markets are popular among many active traders for at least a few reasons. Futures trading is, well, about the future—trying to gauge where prices for a certain commodity, stock index, or other
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CME Micro E-mini Futures: A Retail-Friendly Trading Opportunity & Bitcoin Update
In the quest for a “home run” investing or trading strategy, there sometimes can be value in playing “small ball.” That’s one early-innings takeaway from CME Group’s (CME) new Micro E-mini equity inde
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Understanding Futures Tick Sizes: A Guide for S&P 500 and Index Futures
Like a scorecard at a baseball game, tick sizes are a fundamental scorekeeping mechanism for trading the markets. They help us track how much prices go up or down on a given day, revealing how much mo
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Bitcoin Halving 2024: Impact on Futures Prices & Cryptocurrency Value
The supply of bitcoin entering the market is about to be cut in half. This bitcoin halving isn’t some apocalyptic prediction; it’s just part of the DNA of the cryptocurrency. “It’s an event that’s ba
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Options on Currency Futures: A Profitable Trading Asset Class?
In the search for products worthy of following and trading, the pros typically look for three things: liquidity, price action, and volatility. That’s a fancy way of saying traders typically prefer pro
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Contango vs. Backwardation: Understanding Futures Market Trends
What does the future of a futures market look like? Determining whether that market is in “contango” or “backwardation” can help answer that question. Is a market in contango or backwardation? To fi
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Soft Commodity Markets: A Guide to Trading Cocoa, Coffee & More
The soft commodities markets are made up of perishables such as cocoa, coffee, cotton, orange juice, and sugar, which are also some of the oldest tradable commodities still around today. You can tra
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Potash: History, Uses & Importance of America's First Industrial Chemical
On July 31, 1790, President George Washington signed the first patent ever issued in the United States. The patent was granted to Samuel Hopkins for a new process and apparatus for making potash,
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The True Cost of Coffee: Understanding Price Fluctuations
Coffee: Plenty of us swear by our daily caffeine fix. Coffee has to be one of the cheapest addictive substances in the world, and as an added bonus it doesnt give you cancer. At a food cart in New Y
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Coffee ETFs: Invest in Coffee Futures with JO & CAFE
Coffee is nearly as popular with commodity traders as it is with sleepy people first thing in the morning. Coffee is by far the most widely traded of the breakfast commodities group, which is compos
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Corn-Hog Ratio: Understanding Livestock Profitability
What Is the Corn-Hog Ratio? The corn-hog ratio is a calculation for understanding the economic opportunity in raising livestock, used to determine the profitability of raising hogs versus growi
Futures trading
- Futures Margin & Strategies: A Beginner's Guide to Risk Management
- Understanding Ticks in Stock Trading: Definition & Significance
- Stock Picking for Beginners: Essential Investment Strategies
- Understanding S&P 500 Futures: A Beginner's Guide
- Understanding Catastrophe Futures: A Guide for Investors & Insurers
- Overnight Trading: Strategies & Opportunities in Global Markets
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Growth vs. Value ETFs: Understanding the Key DifferencesAs you build your investment portfolio, you will likely come across two widely followed styles — value and growth. In many ways, the option you choose will depend on your specific needs and fi...
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Bitcoin Investment for Millennials: Billionaire Tim Draper's PerspectiveBitcoin is the place to invest your money if you're a millennial, billionaire investor Tim Draper told FOX Business on Wednesday. The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has...
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Title Insurance: What It Is & Why You Need It When Buying a HomeLooking to buy your first home? If so, you’re probably familiar with mortgage insurance and traditional home insurance. Just like car insurance or life insurance, traditional home insuran...
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Understanding IRA Withdrawals: A Comprehensive GuideMost people hope to have a healthy retirement account built up by the time they’re ready to sunset their career. Many are making this happen; thirty-five percent of workers have upwards o...