Posts Tagged ‘e-mini S&P 500 futures trading’

Panic Selling in Stocks Has Ebbed, But Still Bearish

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Nov 18th, 2008 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

Panic Selling in Stocks Has Ebbed, But Still Bearish By Ben Kim The economic crisis of 2008 is on the forefront of everyone’s mind and has affected CEOs and blue-collar workers alike. The stock indexes have been incredibly volatile as a result and the market remains bearish from both a fundamental and technical perspective. The [...]


How S&P Futures Viewed Election Day

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Nov 6th, 2008 • Category: Market Updates

Here’s an interesting chart of how the E-mini S&P 500 futures reacted to news as it unfolded on Election Day 2008, into the overnight hours, and the day following. You can see, even when the stock market was closed, futures were moving! One of the many reasons traders choose futures is that unlike stocks, futures [...]