Futures traders are usually among those who demand the highest standards from their brokers and not every futures broker meets these standards. If you know exactly what you expect from your broker, you can use our website to make a comprehensive futures broker comparison. You… Read More »Futures Broker Comparison – Find the best Broker and save money
Introduction and explanation: The Volume Profile in trading describes the traded volume in an underlying instrument at a specific price. Usually, the volume is plotted on the time axis so that a certain value is displayed per candle and per time. With the volume profile,… Read More »How does the Volume Profile work? – Tutorial
What is the order book and how does it work? All buy and sell orders are collected in the order book. This then determines the equilibrium price. On this page, I will explain in detail how to use it. Order books exist for all exchange-traded… Read More »Orderbook – The most common Order Types for Futures Trading
Futures and options are futures contracts and are among the most important financial instruments for professional traders – alongside shares and ETFs. In this article we will talk about similarities and differences between options and futures, as well as their characteristics and possible applications. Overview:… Read More »Options vs. Futures – Two Different Types Of Futures Contracts
Introduction: In professional trading, futures (along with options, shares, ETFs) are one of the most important trading instruments. Futures can be used in medium-term trading as well as in extremely short-term trading and for hedging. Since volatility does not play a direct role in the… Read More »What is Future Trading – Tutorial for beginners
Most brokers here and on the other side of the Atlantic do not even offer the normal, genuine US futures on the S&P 500, Dow Jones Index and Nasdaq 100 for trading. Both margin and point values are much too high for the “small traders”… Read More »CFDs vs. Micro Futures – Which one is better?
The Footprint Chart seems like a very powerful tool that is used by many professional traders. It is a special chart type that allows us to see the traded volume on each price. On this page, we will explain to you exactly how the Footprint… Read More »What is the Footprint Chart? – Trading Tutorial
The Market Profile was developed in the eighties by Peter Steidlmayer. Steidlmayer was a trader on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). He was looking for a way to get a deeper insight into the markets than was previously possible with normal charts. This was… Read More »What is the Market Profile – Tutorial
The best-known currency futures contract is certainly the Euro-FX future, which is listed on the CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) and can be traded 24 hours a day in electronic Globex trading. The ticker symbol is 6E. In this foreign exchange future, the euro is traded… Read More »How to calculate the Tick Value of Futures
