The historically volatile $750 billion trucking industry has always been a good candidate to have a corresponding futures market. Until recently, certain key components were not in place that are critical for a liquid futures market to properly serve the trucking industry: a bench marked price index (DAT lane rates…
Micro E-mini futures contracts were launched by the CME group on May 6th, 2019 with the intent to offer speculators and hedgers the ability to better scale their positions. The micro e-mini contracts are a 1/10th of the size of the e-mini contract and are offered in all the financial…
We wanted to share with you one of our most popular blog posts: an updated list of the top FCMs (based on customer funds held in segregation). When doing research in selecting a futures commission merchant, or FCM, (i.e. custodian) to house your managed futures portfolio, it can be difficult…
Many of us have already heard the news regarding OptionSellers.com, a wealth management firm located in Tampa, FL, that lost more than $150M in customer assets in a natural gas trade. The trade in question occurred in November 2018, and involved being short call options on natural gas, and in…