Pairs trading is an active strategy that attempts to profit from the contracting or expanding relationship between two similar assets. The first step in...
The Fed primarily affects the Fed Funds Rate - a short-term interest rate benchmark in the US - but action taken on this rate can have widespread effects on US...
Last week, the Federal Open Market Committee held their fourth meeting of the year where they hiked the Federal Funds Rate - a benchmark for short-term...
Inflation fears and a hawkish Fed have the market for interest rate futures more volatile than it's been in years. Rates have shifted so much in recent trade...
Losing trades should not simply be blocked out of your mind, being proactive in defending a losing trade can help reduce losses in the short term and create...
Rewards can look like layups. Risks can look devastating. Managing expectations with the right-sized product can give you the best of both worlds while making...
The futures dudes show you how to contextualize and potentially trade the extreme, and Frank closes with some words on managing or defending losses if the...
Take Frank's guided tour of a futures trading platform to see how you might scalp the next big data release with appropriate size and a high probability of...
Buying options has been deemed, "a sucker play," by many experienced traders who prefer to be on the short side of the market. The story of selling options...
The Fed primarily controls interest rates, which they move higher in times of inflation and lower in times of recession. But what do they do when there's fear...
High inflation is causing some of the largest price extremes, bond and forex markets have seen in decades. Mike and Frank show you how high inflation has...
The highest inflation measure in more than 40 years has left many markets in utter disarray: Nasdaq is at its lowest since 2020, interest rates are their...
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