Earlier this summer, I spent some time on the East Coast with my wife’s family, and I got the inevitable question: ‘So, _____ said you started your own business. How’s it going?’ After trying and failing to adequately explain what I do for the fourth or fifth time, I...

Given that it’s summer, and if you are reading this, I hope it is on a beach or with a drink that has an umbrella, I felt it was time to discuss the ‘why’ of “Why We Did That”. In the last year I have just about heard it all from the naysayers: “Don’t set up a retail...

Chicago has been taking it on the chin for a few years, so we felt it was time to go on offense and review why we chose to make the City of Big Shoulders our corporate home. We decided to start our business in Chicago for three strategic reasons: Chicago’s financial...

We believe anyone can be a futures trader - whether they are an aspiring trader or have traded other markets for years and have yet to trade futures. To that end, we have created an ecosystem to serve traders of all levels and this post will explain why and what we...

As we are building a retail-focused futures brokerage, we know our product offering has to resonate with active traders. Every day we face business decisions that may impact our future customers. As a part of the building process, I’ll be sharing in these monthly...