Ingmar Mattus, co-Founder of Tickmill, has announced the launch of MetroTrade, aiming to “revolutionise” futures and options trading for retail clients in the US. Based in Chicago, MetroTrade has successfully registered with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission...
As I sat down to write this month’s newsletter the news crossed the wire about NinjaTrader’s 1.5 billion dollar acquisition by Kraken[1]. A heartfelt congratulations to Marty and his team for creating a product and platform so good that Kraken is using it as a...
FNG has learned that the new retail futures and options brokerage founded by two fairly well-known names in the online trading space – Tickmill co-founder Ingmar Mattus and former Crypto.com COO David Klotz – has gone live, nearly a year after MetroTrade secured NFA...
As someone who has been in the futures industry for over two decades, I've seen numerous attempts to make futures more accessible to retail traders. Most failed. But, the introduction of micro futures in 2019 marked a fundamental shift in how the industry approaches...
For the first edition of WWDT in 2025, I decided to look at the concept of a strategic bitcoin reserve and how it compares to other government strategic reserve programs. The concept of a government-sponsored Bitcoin reserve represents a significant departure from...
For this month’s edition of TWWDT we decided to lighten things up and look at some of Wall Street’s more popular adages. As someone who cut their teeth on the trading floor, I've heard these phrases countless times, with, "the trend is your friend," "buy the rumor,...
