Have insomnia? Don’t count sheep. Count on Lind-Waldock, and count your trades! Lind-Waldock’s overnight Trade Desk operates 24 hours during the trading week, so you can trade whenever the markets are moving, even if it’s 2 a.m. In today’s global marketplace, electronic trading has brought access to more markets, at more times, to more participants [...]

by Jeff Friedman If you are just getting started trading futures, you may be trying to figure out which of two types of analysis you should use to help you make your trading decisions: fundamental, or technical. I believe there are merits to incorporating both. Fundamental analysis examines the supply and demand factors that influence [...]

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) provides valuable information for individuals just getting started trading futures, and we’ve provided a portion of one of their publications here. Congress created the CFTC in 1974 as an independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and options markets in the United States. The agency’s mandate has [...]

If you are confused about the differences between cash FX and FX futures markets, you can read an overview from CME of the differences between cash FX and CME FX futures markets here. This except from the CME publication: “CME FX Futures: Maximizing the Opportunity for Individual Investors” describes key futures of CME FX futures, [...]

by Daniel Gramza If you trade futures but haven’t explored options on futures, you are missing out on some unique trading opportunities. You can use options in so many ways with many different strategies, from hedging an existing position to speculating with various risk-reward profiles. I’m going to explore a couple basic strategies you can [...]

By John Lubuszewski and Brett Vietmeier Two of the most popular, highly liquid trading vehicles on the market today — E-mini stock index futures from CME Group and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) – enable traders to capitalize on anticipated equity market movements using contracts on benchmark indexes such as the S&P 500, NASDAQ-100, Dow Jones [...]

by Dan Gramza Samurai warriors were without a doubt some of the fiercest fighters who ever existed. The key to the samurai’s incredible fighting ability was the complete elimination of their fear of death and their complete focus on being in the present moment. They did this by entirely de-energizing their fear of death. If [...]

by Dan Gramza The business of trading can be fertile ground for negative thought choices. If you let them, these negative thought choices can become your demons and sap your positive mental energy. By identifying and understanding the realities of these thought demons, a trader is better able to redirect energy away from them and [...]

If you are exploring ways to participate in the physical commodities markets but aren’t sure which investment vehicle is best for you, Lind-Waldock can help. Commodity futures, commodity-based exchange-traded funds or index funds, commodity-oriented stocks or options…the choices can be dizzying. Perhaps you think futures are too expensive for you to consider, or perhaps too [...]

by Keith Schap Since nearly the beginning of the futures markets, traders have used spreads. Today, traders on proprietary trading desks and at hedge funds that use futures are almost always in spread positions. Observers call them “relative value traders.” Any trader serious about the business of trading should consider following the lead of these [...]