Category Archives: Futures 101

How To Trade Oil Futures – The Basics

Crude oil (CL) is one of the more active commodities to trade. It has tremendous volatility and excellent liquidity. Oil is affected by global economic and political conditions, almost to the same extent as US Treasuries. The price of crude oil affects the price of many other assets, including stocks, bonds, currencies and even other […]

Highly Correlated Spreads

Spread or pairs trading is a very effective way to hedge your risk exposure to the movements of the broader market. With pairs trades you can make profits through simple and relatively low-risk positions. The trade is market-neutral, which means the direction of the overall market does not affect profit or loss…it’s the change in […]