Stocks vs. Futures: A Guide for Retail Traders
Most of us start our trading journey with stocks. It's the most obvious choice because it's the only financial product that most of the general population understands. Our parents might have had...
Most of us start our trading journey with stocks. It's the most obvious choice because it's the only financial product that most of the general population understands. Our parents might have had...
In this week's Coach's Playbook, Hoag and Mick, discuss an important, but somewhat unfortunate topic: 5 reasons most people don't find success trading futures. You should definitely know these...
Perhaps you noticed that the S&P 500 hit 3,100 for the first time today? If you did not, let me assure you that this is indeed a thing that happened (albeit briefly).
In no particular order, here are...
In the high-stakes world of trading, it’s only a matter of time before you make a mistake. But high-achievers are notoriously bad at handling failure. Today’s guest, Gustavo Razzetti wants to change...
Coach's Playbook is back, baby! And that means it's time for our Topstep performance coaches, Dan, Hoag and Mick, to breakdown the game film and provide you with the choicest pieces of trading...
Our funded traders were on fire in October, and there were a number of big withdrawals to prove it. If you follow Topstep on Instagram, you know we've been congratulating traders individually...
You know Nasdaq to be a multi-billion dollar, global exchange, but it wasn’t always that way. In 2003, Nasdaq made an out-of-the-box hire with Bob Greifeld. Bob oversaw the digital revolution in...
Oil makes the world go around. This probably is a revelation to no one. Ever since we started pumping black gold out of the ground in the mid-nineteenth century—mankind just can't get enough of the...
It’s our 100th episode today and we’re going back to talking about what TopstepTrader does best: futures trading. The futures market is notoriously inaccessible to small scale traders. Today’s guest,...
It's time to bring on those sweet, sweet quarterly and monthly acronyms. GDP. FOMC. NFP. They're all coming this week, and that means a good deal of volatility (and risk) will be in play for retail...
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