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Futures are a cornerstone of financial trading across the globe. In today’s marketplace, futures are traded electronically via well-established exchanges providing convenient and easy access to futures instruments. But where did it all begin? Considering the accessibility of today’s markets, it is easy to lose sight of futures trading’s opportunistic beginnings. Read More
When it comes to well-known benchmarks of the US Economy, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, otherwise referred to as “the Dow,” comes to mind. As the world’s most closely followed stock index, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is comprised of the 30 biggest and most dominant companies in the US. Read More
Monday, January 21st is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Trading times for many products will change in observance of the holiday. For details, please visit the CME Group Holiday Calendar. Read More
US equity futures moved lower Thursday morning on earnings reports which could end a two-day climb for the major indices. The ongoing government shutdown and other global concerns are also important factors in the current market outlook.Read More
Tuesday, January 22nd marks the Last Trade Date for the February 2019 Crude Oil Futures Contract. Active CL traders can roll to the March 2019 contract as early as Friday, January 18th, before the open.Read More
NinjaTrader’s comprehensive development environment empowers traders to build rich and integrated apps. Utilizing a C# based trading framework, developers can access balances & positions, orders & executions, real time & historical data, and much more. Read More
The award-winning NinjaTrader platform empowers traders with numerous FREE advanced technical analysis tools for futures, stocks, forex and cryptocurrencies. As traders search for new and innovative ways to evaluate the markets, the NinjaTrader development team continues to add powerful charting analysis tools.
In our ongoing effort to expand our comprehensive toolset, six new indicators were recently introduced and are available now! Read More
Open interest is defined as the total number of contracts for a particular futures instrument which are outstanding at a given time. According to David L. Scott in his book Wall Street Words, “A large open interest indicates more activity and liquidity for the contract.”
The term open interest most commonly refers to the futures and options markets, and is similar to the concept of outstanding shares in the stock market. Another way to think of open interest is the number of contracts held in open positions.Read More
Volumetric bars equip traders with a detailed “x-ray” view into the aggressive buying and selling activity of each price bar. Included with NinjaTrader’s Order Flow + suite of premium features, volumetric bars provide a tick by tick footprint style visualization which can help identify order flow imbalance.Read More
Trading systems replace traditional discretionary trading with algorithms that automatically execute trades based on predetermined market conditions. Although systems are rigid in their execution, much like discretionary strategies, there are various approaches and methodologies utilized to trade the markets.Read More