Though outliers are so named due to their rare appearance in data sets, the unlikely does have to occur sometime. Right now, forex and interest rate markets...
Futures trading is primarily done with a short-term time horizon in mind, as derivatives traders use their leverage to enhance returns on strategies like day...
Options and futures can help you assign probabilities to different events occurring in markets like interest rates. Experienced derivatives traders Mike and...
Almost everything in your life can be viewed as an event with a probability. What are the chances your local grocery store has the item you’re looking for?...
Losing options trades are often much more difficult to manage than winning trades; the former can demand strike changes, rolling expirations, and just a lot...
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...
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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