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Granularity is defined as “the state or quality of being composed of many individual pieces or elements.” In the world of fund managers, the term is used in reference to diversification. For active futures traders, granularity is all about managing exposure.
Join us for a special 3-part webinar series event presented by Senior Futures & Options Broker Drew Rathgeber as he reviews the E-mini S&P, E-mini Russell and E-mini Dow Jones futures markets!
Join us for a special 3-part webinar series event presented by Senior Futures & Options Broker Drew Rathgeber as he reviews the E-mini S&P, E-mini Russell and E-mini Dow Jones futures markets!
Join us for a special 3-part webinar series event presented by Senior Futures & Options Broker Drew Rathgeber as he reviews the E-mini S&P, E-mini Russell and E-mini Dow Jones futures markets!
The Russell 2000® Index, or mini Russell, is the recognized benchmark measuring the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe.
A stock index simply represents a basket of underlying stocks. Indices can be either price-weighted or capitalization-weighted. In a price-weighted index, such as the Dow Jones Industrials Average, the individual stock prices are simply added up and then divided by a divisor, meaning that stocks with higher prices have a higher weighting in the index value.
Much attention and trading volume is garnered by the S&P 500 futures and the e-Mini version of that contract. While it is an excellent market to trade, have you ever thought of trading the e-Mini Russell 2000 futures? This article will showcase the e-Mini R2K and give you the opportunity to paper-trade it with real… Read more.
This post originally appeared in FutureSource’s Fast Break Newsletter on April 23, 2010, where Craig Turner is a regular contributor on various futures trading topics. Common Questions Asked by New Traders As a Commodity Futures & Options broker for both self-directed online and broker-assisted trading, the top two questions I am asked by new traders… Read more.
This post originally appeared in FutureSource’s Fast Break Newsletter on February 15, 2011, where Craig Turner is a regular contributor on various futures trading topics. Every position you’ve had in the past, currently hold, or hold in the future can be viewed as a spread trade. You might be saying to yourself, “I only trade… 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.