How Futures Margins Work Whether you're a veteran futures trader or new to futures trading, you've likely heard a lot about margins. Understanding futures margins and how they work is crucial to your journey as a [...]
10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Futures Trading Platform Choosing the right futures trading platform is an important step in your journey to opening a futures and options trading account. There are many options out [...]
How To Choose The Right Futures Broker Choosing the right futures broker is an important step in your journey to opening a futures and options trading account. There are many options out there, and whether you're [...]
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Ironbeam Symbol Guide 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 [...]
Position and Risk Management 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 [...]
Closing Your Position 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 [...]
Placing A Futures Order How to Place 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 [...]
Futures Order Types 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 [...]
