by Joe Fallico | Mar 16, 2023 | Commentary
A very common but often overlooked investment vehicle can be found in the commodity futures markets. Many studies have shown a diversified investment portfolio, which includes commodity futures, will perform better than a portfolio made up exclusively of stocks and/or... 
by Joe Fallico | Oct 25, 2022 | Education & Training
Learn How to Trade Emini S&P 500 Futures & Options As I’m sure you are aware, stock prices have been highly volatile lately with the current global tensions and unrest. Over the last few weeks, the Emini S&P 500 futures index has fluctuated in price almost... 
by Joe Fallico | Mar 3, 2022 | Education & Training
Learn How to Trade Crude Oil Futures & Options In light of recent global events, we’ve received many requests from investors interested in trading Crude Oil commodity futures & options. In order to accomodate all these requests, we’ve partnered with the... 
by Joe Fallico | Feb 17, 2022 | Commentary
The Top 5 Reasons Why Traders Lose Money. I’ve been a commodities futures broker for more than 20 years and in that time, I’ve seen many traders come and go. In my observations, I’ve come to identify what I feel are the top 5 reasons why traders lose money when... 
by Joe Fallico | Dec 9, 2021 | Education & Training
Discover the power of leverage in futures trading. One of the biggest advantages to trading commodity futures & options is Leverage. Leverage allows a futures trader to control a high value commodity futures contract with usually less than 10% capital of that... 
by Joe Fallico | Oct 26, 2021 | Commentary
With the recent launch of a Bitcoin ETF, I wanted to remind investors of the benefits of trading futures over ETFs. Since its launch, Bitcoin futures trading volume has been increasing, with the total number of contracts currently held approaching 18,000. Based upon... 
by Joe Fallico | Aug 23, 2021 | Education & Training
Investing in commodity futures & options gives active traders several benefits over typical equities trading. Let’s explore the top 7 advantages… 1) Leverage – Position Trading:When trading futures, a trader can typically control a particular commodity with... 
by Joe Fallico | Aug 12, 2021 | Education & Training
Futures options spread lesson #3, the Calendar Spread. This is another option spread I utilize quite often. The Calendar Spread is a credit spread. A credit spread simply means you are collecting a net premium when placing this type of futures option spread. With a... by Joe Fallico | Aug 6, 2021 | Education & Training
This lesson on futures options spreads will be about the ‘Strangle’ spread. This was the first futures options spread I utilized and it has served me well over the last several years. The Strangle spread is best implemented when a market is in a sideways trend. As the... by Joe Fallico | Jul 30, 2021 | Education & Training
I’m often asked, what futures option spread strategies are the most popular? Over the next several blog posts, I’ll be detailing the futures options spreads I’ve found to be the most effective when I trade options. There are hundreds of variations of option... 
by Joe Fallico | May 6, 2021 | Market Updates
Take advantage of more trading opportunities with this smaller-sized futures contract. This new CME micro futures contract is 1/10 the size of one bitcoin. They provide futures traders with a new way to take advantage of changing prices in bitcoin with lower margin... 
by Joe Fallico | Mar 24, 2021 | Market Updates
We are proud to announce we have partnered with the CME Group, Nasdaq, Veles Water and WestWater Research to promote the CME’s new ‘Nasdaq Veles California Water Index’ futures contracts. These new water futures contracts offer a solution to hedge and speculate in the... 
by Joe Fallico | Feb 1, 2021 | Education & Training
Getting Started Trading Silver Futures & Options The Basics: What is a commodity futures contract? A commodity futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a particular commodity at a future date. The price and the amount of the commodity are fixed at the time... 
by Joe Fallico | Dec 11, 2020 | Education & Training
Many investors ask, how did futures trading get started? For the U.S. futures markets, it all started in Chicago in 1849. Chicago was a major commercial center for agricultural products. Farmers (sellers) and agricultural dealers (buyers) began creating ‘contracts’... 
by Joe Fallico | Sep 23, 2020 | Education & Training
Stopped out of your futures trade again? We’ve all experienced it – you think you’ve found the perfect trade. The trend is up; the technicals are bullish and the fundamentals are screaming, “Buy, Buy, Buy”. You pull the trigger and go long and set a protective stop....
