Free Platform Demo Submit Please note that the demo does not account for commissions and fees that would be charged in a live account. DISCLAIMER: There is a substantial risk of loss in trading commodity futures and options products. Losses in excess of your initial investment may occur. Past performance is not necessarily indicative […]
Overview The Ironbeam trading platform uses a simple syntax for exchange symbols. Unlike many other platforms, the Ironbeam app uses the same symbols that the actual exchange that they are traded on uses. All you need to do is type the exchange symbol and the expiration separated by a period. The symbol for the E-Mini […]
Position and Risk Management for Individual Traders Risk management is an important aspect of trading. The amount of capital put at risk for each trade is based on many factors. Market participants should have an established plan to confirm that orders that are placed have an appropriate amount of capital for their account size […]
Closing Your Position After establishing a futures position, the primary decision you will make is when to close the position. To close an open position, you can take the opposite position in the same futures contract you are currently holding in your account. For example, to close an open long position in the March 2018 […]
What you need to know: -Stocks are rebounding after historic losses. -The Trump administration is struggling to speed up testing. -Many states are closing all schools. -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in isolation. Stock futures rebound & hit circuit breakers before market opens Stocks bounced on Friday morning from their worst day in more […]
What you need to know: -Stocks are struggling to recover from Monday’s plunge. -Bank executives are headed to the White House. -Trump is slated to pitch the Senate on a payroll tax cut. -Saudi Arabia fired a new shot in the oil war with Russia. Stocks struggle to recover from Monday’s plunge. Shares on Wall […]
Placing A Futures Order Futures orders are placed by using a broker’s trade execution platform. Using the broker of your choice, a trader will place orders using that platform. Traders rely on software provided by their broker to place orders. While all software allows traders to place orders for futures contracts, each broker’s software […]
Futures Order Types Orders for futures contracts can be submitted to an exchange with different conditions specified. The conditions are referred to as order types. These conditions allow traders to create orders that meet the criteria they set for the trade, and to define how, and at what, price the orders will be filled. There […]
What Happens After Submitting An Order As a trader, when you click to enter an order, there are many processes that occur to have your order actualized before being filled and showing up in your account. Once you click submit to enter an order, the order will move through a process of vetting. The order […]
Getting Started with Your Broker The futures exchange is where futures orders are received, and buy and sell orders are matched, to create “the market.” Futures exchanges have the objective to provide fast and accurate order execution, and to maintain an orderly market. Brokerages play an important role in the futures markets, as they are […]
