Trade Futures, Spreads and Options with Confidence.
The 1983, Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd’s film, “Trading Places”, is a hilarious account of the ups and downs of the commodity futures market. Randolph Duke, Senior Partner of an established commodity brokerage firm, explains to Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) just what exactly commodities are and how they are traded: “Now, what are commodities?… Read more.
There are some pretty significant differences between the futures markets and the equities markets. The first big difference is the trading hours: the futures markets trade 23 hours a day for most markets versus an 8:30 AM (central time) open and a 3:00 PM close in the equities markets. The second difference is the ease… Read more.
When it comes to Futures Spreads, many traders ask us what is the benefit of spreading futures contracts. They want to know why we often choose to spread futures contracts instead of either being long or short a single futures contract or option, or use option spreads instead.