E-mini futures are like the espresso shots of the futures trading world: smaller, faster and just enough to keep things interesting without blowing up your portfolio (unless you let them). Born out of ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Futures ...

Futures can be used to speculate or hedge on an asset's price direction Tim Smith has 20+ years of experience in the financial services industry, both as a writer and as a trader. Futures trading has ...

Trading indexes rather than individual securities is a viable strategy many traders use to speculate with and investors use to hedge their portfolios. Indexes allow traders to get exposure to general ...