Ironbeam News and Updates

Market Bites: Stocks Bounce

What you need to know: -Stocks are rebounding after historic losses.  -The Trump administration is struggling to speed up testing.  -Many states are closing all schools.  -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in isolation.  Stock futures rebound & hit circuit breakers before market opens Stocks bounced on Friday morning from their worst day in more […]

By Ironbeam|March 13, 2020|News, Trader Education|0 Comments
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Market Bites: Coronavirus & Stimulus

What you need to know: -Stocks are struggling to recover from Monday’s plunge.  -Bank executives are headed to the White House.  -Trump is slated to pitch the Senate on a payroll tax cut.  -Saudi Arabia fired a new shot in the oil war with Russia.  Stocks struggle to recover from Monday’s plunge. Shares on Wall […]

By Ironbeam|March 10, 2020|News, Trader Education|0 Comments
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Placing A Futures Order

Placing 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 rely on software provided by their broker to place orders. While all software allows traders to place orders for futures contracts, each broker’s software […]

By Ironbeam|November 19, 2019|News, Trader Education|0 Comments
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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 meet the criteria they set for the trade, and to define how, and at what, price the orders will be filled. There […]

By Ironbeam|November 19, 2019|News, Trader Education|0 Comments
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What Happens After Submitting An Order

What Happens After Submitting An Order As a trader, when you click to enter an order, there are many processes that occur to have your order actualized before being filled and showing up in your account. Once you click submit to enter an order, the order will move through a process of vetting. The order […]

By Ironbeam|November 19, 2019|News, Trader Education|0 Comments
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Getting Your Ironbeam Account Started

Getting Started with Your Broker The futures exchange is where futures orders are received, and buy and sell orders are matched, to create “the market.” Futures exchanges have the objective to provide fast and accurate order execution, and to maintain an orderly market. Brokerages play an important role in the futures markets, as they are […]

By Ironbeam|November 19, 2019|News, Trader Education|0 Comments
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Micro E-Mini Futures Course: Part 3

Managing Micro E-Mini Futures Expiration Every futures contract has an expiration date. CME Group’s Micro E-mini futures contracts expire on a quarterly basis, settling to the official opening level of their respective index on the third Friday of March, June, September and December. Prior to expiration, a futures trader has three options: Offset the position […]

By Ironbeam|November 19, 2019|News, Trader Education|0 Comments
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Micro E-Mini Futures Course: Part 2

Hedging with the Micro E-Mini Futures A trader purchased an out-of-the-money, E-mini S&P 500 call option. As you know, the underlying future for this option is the E-mini S&P 500 futures contract (ES). The ES futures contract has a multiplier of $50. Whereas, the Micro E-mini futures contract (MES) has a $5 multiplier – making […]

By Ironbeam|November 19, 2019|News, Trader Education|0 Comments
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Micro E-Mini Futures Course: Part 1

This course will provide insight into the Micro E-Mini futures, including a size comparison to classic E-Mini contracts, a look at enhanced exposure and the benefits Micro E-mini futures can offer you. Micro E-Mini contracts enable you to more precisely hedge index exposure and manage your positions with more versatility, since Micro E-Mini futures are […]

By Ironbeam|November 19, 2019|News, Trader Education|0 Comments
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CME Introduces Shanghai Gold Futures

In Q4 2019, CME Group will launch two financially settled Shanghai Gold Futures, denominated in U.S. dollar or Chinese renminbi. Trading the new product will be available on the all-new Ironbeam trading platform. Shanghai Gold Futures will be a joint product offering by the world’s most liquid derivatives and physical gold marketplaces, based on the […]

By Ironbeam|June 24, 2019|News, Trader Education|0 Comments
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