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Trading Futures Spreads with FuturesPlus

Trading Futures Spreads with FuturesPlus

Explore how FuturesPlus supports futures spread trading with tools for product discovery, advanced filtering, MD Trader execution, Spread Matrix visualization, and custom spread construction using Auto Spreader. Review how to analyze and manage both exchange-listed and synthetic spreads within a structured trading workflow.

Nvidia Stands Its Ground. Is the AI Trade Back?

Nvidia Stands Its Ground. Is the AI Trade Back?

Stocks fell early Monday on worries about the Middle East, but the real action might have been in Nvidia. The AI chip giant opened lower along with the broader market, doing two key things. First, it touched its lower Keltner Channel. (That's a technical indicator...

The calm before the catalyst: a buy straddle strategy for volatility events

The calm before the catalyst: a buy straddle strategy for volatility events

The market is quiet. Too quiet. Implied volatility is sitting at the floor. The VIX is compressed. The 30-day realized vol on your watchlist is grinding near its 52-week low. But you know what’s coming. The economic calendar says the FOMC meeting is in three days. CPI...

Your opportunity is five cents wide: the put credit spread strategy

Your opportunity is five cents wide: the put credit spread strategy

The market’s been grinding higher for a week. Your technical thesis is strong: support is holding, volume is confirming, and the stock looks like it wants to base here before the next leg up. You’re not looking for a home run. You want a put credit spread that...