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What is a Futures Broker and Why Do You Need One?
If you want to trade futures contracts, you cannot place trades directly on an exchange by yourself. Retail traders must access these markets...
SMT Trading Futures: How Smart Money Divergence Works
Most retail traders follow price action in a single market. But what if you could see when smart money is favoring one market over another before a...
Futures Tick Value Explained for Beginner Traders
Futures trading can seem overwhelming at first, but it all comes down to understanding how prices move and how those moves affect your profit and...
Futures Trading Signals: What Traders Watch For
Futures traders are always looking for an edge. Some rely on experience, others on data, and many use trading signals to help spot trade...
Futures Trading Sessions Every Trader Should Know
Futures trading is a 24-hour game, but not all hours are created equal. Around the world, different sessions bring different levels of volume,...
Futures Prop Trading Explained: How It Really Works
Note: MetroTrade is not a futures prop firm. We are a futures broker that allows traders to trade live futures with their own capital. Futures prop...
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From CME Group deep dives to crypto regulation, from Chicago’s trading legacy to the future of micros, we’ll keep bringing you the content that matters in futures trading.
A Summer Reading List for Traders
During my annual summer trip to the New Jersey shore, I couldn’t help but notice that my beach read, Den of Thieves by James Stewart, was somewhat...
Mid-Year Industry Updates
For those who missed it, the CFTC recently closed the comment period for public comments on 24/7 Trading[1] and the listing of Perpetual-style...
How Did We Get Here – 25 years of CME Group
Along with the CFTC, the CME Group is also having an anniversary in 2025. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the demutualization of the CME...
The CFTC at 50 and Beyond
Given that the CFTC is celebrating its 50th birthday and has been in the news lately, I thought the time was right to examine its origins, the...
Tariffs and Their Potential Impact on Futures Markets
As MetroTrade officially opens its doors this month, we're excited to welcome you to our first post-launch newsletter. While we're busy getting...
A Time for Reflection (and an Announcement)
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...
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