The Global Update

In observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday, there are revised trading hours.  Please refer to the links below for detailed trading hours: CME Group Holiday Calendar 2023 ICE Exchange Holiday Schedule 2023 EUREX Holiday Regulations 2023 Please

Notice for Futures Trading Accounts: 1099 forms will be generated for all futures trading accounts held by US clients that placed any trades during the 2022 calendar year.  Traders should expect to receive their 1099 forms via mail, email or

How might you enter a trend early on with near-impeccable timing and with some assurance that there’s likely to be enough momentum to sustain that trend? This is a question that market technician Gerald Appel faced early in his career.

  View Upcoming Government Reports & Holidays for the month. The Global Update blog features various blogs from throughout the month. Key Events That Moved the Market in the previous month are detailed. 

2022 was a year of losses punctuated by uncertainties between three potential outcomes: inflation, a soft landing scenario, and recession. We saw the 2-year and 10-year yield curve maintain a months-long inversion, typically signaling a recession. We saw the GDP

In observance of the New Year’s Holiday, there are revised trading hours.  Please refer to the links below for detailed trading hours: CME Group Holiday Calendar 2022 ICE Exchange Holiday Schedule 2022 EUREX Holiday Regulations 2022 Please be aware that

In observance of the Christmas Holiday, there are revised trading hours.  Please refer to the links below for detailed trading hours: CME Group Holiday Calendar 2022 ICE Exchange Holiday Schedule 2022 EUREX Holiday Regulations 2022 Please be aware that our

On the morning of 12.13.22, the long-awaited Consumer Price Index (CPI) was slated for release. You can see the results of the CPI release on the E-mini Dow Futures below. CPI Release Followed by Dramatic Upside in First Few Minutes

In anticipation of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) report that was released Tuesday, 12/13/22 morning at 8:30 AM ET, day trading margins for the index futures were temporarily increased. UPDATE (12/13/22, 6:15 am PT) : Normal Day Trading Margins are

Oscillators can be helpful for traders who are looking for potential “oversold” and “overbought” conditions in ultra-short time frames. But it can be tricky, because the notion of something being oversold or overbought is a matter of longer-term supply and