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Market & Trading Information

Market & Trading Information

Information about the futures industry, market terminology, exchange information, macro risk management, etc.

Holiday Trading Hours

How are futures trades taxed?

What are CME Group trading hours?

Trading

What is settlement?

How do I calculate price movements and profit/loss?

What to know before you trade

Understanding the impact of economic events on daily trading.

What kind of trader am I?

What is Day Trading (or scalping)?

What is spread trading?

What is the trend following trading strategy?

What is swing trading?

What is statistical arbitrage trading?

fundamental and technical analysis

Why trade futures?

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Market Structure

Futures expiration and contract roll

What does Price Discovery mean?

What does Mark-to-Market mean?

How does futures trading 'work'?

How did futures trading in the US start?

How does leverage work in futures?

What is the FOMC and how does it impact trading?

How do futures work in portfolio allocation?

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Product Information

What products can I trade?

Equity Index Futures Vs. ETFs

What are contract specs?

Futures Contracts Month Codes

Futures Order Types

What contract month to trade

What happens if I hold a physically settled contract too long?

Comparing and Contrasting Futures and Stocks/ETFs.

What are S&P 500 futures?

What are Russell index futures?

What are Nasdaq index futures?

What are Dow Jones futures?

What is Fixed Income?

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