This will be known as the week that the volatility complex blew up. Two major short volatility ETFs literally imploded. XIV — Credit Suisse's short-term short volatility ETF — closed on Monday at...
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Get fired from your first job as a clerk at the Chicago Board of Exchange. Get a job as a trader and blow through your stake. Get a second chance and blow...
Futures trading firms have to carry a disclaimer: "An investor could potentially lose all or more than their investment."
While that warning seems overly cautious, on days when the Nasdaq ($NQH8)...
Except for a small blip, markets have continued their trend for most of the month.
Whether you’ve found opportunities depends in part on how well you’ve prepared. Even if you found yourself on the...
Some people come into trading with high expectations, thinking they will earn enough to retire with just a few trades. We hear stories about traders like John Paulson who made billions shorting the...
You may not have heard of Linda Bradford Raschke. She is a commodities and futures trader with a career that spans four decades. Throughout her trading career, Raschke prioritized consistency and...
The best performers in the world all rely on routines. They are not winging it. Tom Brady, five-time Super Bowl winning quarterback and four-time Super Bowl MVP, goes to bed every night at 8:30 PM....
Fernando V. in New Jersey has been trading for five years, but things have just recently clicked. After our interview, one thing struck us: he is simultaneously very comfortable with high degrees of...
You might think Tom Baldwin, investor and founder of the Baldwin Group Ltd, got lucky. In 1982, he left his job as a product manager for a meat-packing firm and leased a seat on the Chicago Board of...
Mauricio J. in Colombia originally thought TopstepTrader was something only professional traders might find useful. But since joining, he’s used the lessons learned in the Trading Combine® to earn a...
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