A Quick Guide to Technical Trading Patterns

Trading strategies can be boiled down into two primary groups: Fundamental and Technical. Fundamental traders focus their efforts on the underlying factors that may fuel market behavior. Technical traders, on the other hand, focus on one thing and one thing

Tips for Identifying a Trending Market

Markets have a tendency to spend most of their time range-bound, or simply moving sideways. When a major trend does occur in a market, however, they can potentially be very powerful. A major trend can last weeks, months or even

Tips for a Better Trade Setup

Successful traders know that trading can’t simply be about buying or selling and hoping for the best. To have a chance of success, traders must always consider risk management and constantly fine-tune their skills knowing that trade entry and exits

The Best Tools to Identify Market Extremes

When it comes to financial markets, there is a vast array of strategies at the trader’s disposal. Some traders look to follow trends, others try to focus their efforts on countertrends. Some trade on a long-term time frame, while others

The Psychology of Futures Trading

Today’s derivatives markets are full of opportunity, as well as risk. Price volatility can cause rapid and significant swings in asset prices, and sometimes longer-term trends develop that can continue for weeks, months or even years.   There’s nothing like

6 Quotable Truisms of Successful Futures Traders

Self-evident truths are often communicated in witty quotes that can apply to virtually every aspect of life and business. We polled the futures trading veterans at GFF Brokers and took their favorite quotes from some of the top books written

Winners Announced! GFF Brokers Trading Tournament – 2017

Congratulate the winners   GFF Brokers is excited to announce the winners of the 2017 Trading Tournament using our Global Zen Trader trading platform. Contestants showed their skills during the month-long trading contest and we have calculated the results. Based

CME Group Self-Certifies Bitcoin Futures to Launch Dec. 18

CHICAGO, Dec. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has self-certified the initial listing of its Bitcoin futures contract to launch Monday, December 18, 2017. “We are pleased to bring Bitcoin futures to