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 ...

I’m often asked about what I term the “low capital requirement” trading instruments. These areas (e.g., forex, options and futures, and especially the e-mini futures) have high leverage and the ...

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CME Group Inc. CME unveiled options on its Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contracts and made them available for trading. E-mini S&P 500 futures and options are based on the ...

Capital at risk. The value of your investments can go up and down, and you may get back less than you invest. If you aim to grow your wealth and hopefully beat inflation along the way, you might ...

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 ...