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Crypto Futures Trading for Beginners: What to Know
Crypto markets have expanded well beyond buying and holding coins. Futures contracts on Bitcoin, Ether, and other digital assets now trade on...
Trading Oil Futures: A Beginner’s Guide
Crude oil is one of the most actively traded commodities in the world, and the futures market for oil reflects that. Every day, millions of...
Gold Futures Trading: Contracts & Strategies Explained
Gold has long been viewed as a store of value and a hedge during periods of economic stress. Today, traders do not need to buy physical bars or...
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Robinhood Futures Trading vs MetroTrade Compared [2026]
Retail futures trading has grown rapidly in recent years. Platforms that once focused on stocks and options are now offering access to futures...
What Is the Minimum Deposit Needed for Futures Trading?
Many new traders search for the minimum deposit for futures trading because they want a simple number. They want to know how much money is required...
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How to Open a Futures Trading Account [2026 Guide]
Opening a futures trading account is the first step toward trading contracts like the E-mini S&P 500, Micro Nasdaq, crude oil, or gold. Unlike a...
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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 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...
Micros—Their Origin, History, and Potential Future
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....
A Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
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...
Something Lighter
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...
A Look Ahead
For this month’s installment of TWWDT, I am changing things up a little and offering some thoughts on how the incoming Trump administration will...
Who Are We Doing This For?
If you’ve been following along for the past few months, you may have detected a pattern in these newsletters. In a somewhat long, meandering, but...
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