Market & Trading Information
Learn about futures markets, trading concepts, product information, contract specifications, and how trading works on MetroTrade and global exchanges.
Product Information
- What are currency (or FX) futures?
- What are cryptocurrency futures?
- What are Energy futures?
- What are Agricultural futures?
- What are Metals futures?
- What products can I trade on MetroTrader?
- Equity Index Futures Vs. ETFs
- What are contract specs?
- Futures Contracts Month Codes
- 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 are Fixed Income futures?
Trading Strategies
Market Structure
- Understanding the impact of economic events on daily trading.
- Futures expiration and contract roll
- What does Price Discovery mean?
- How does futures trading 'work'?
- How did futures trading in the US start?
- How does leverage work in futures?
- What contract month to trade
- Futures Order Types
- How do futures work in portfolio allocation?
- What happens if I hold a physically settled contract too long?