Innovation is a key differentiator between traditional markets and futures markets. Exchanges, FCM, and industry personnel try to predict not only prices going forward but how people will trade in the decades to come. The CME, CBOE, and others demonstrate their desire to develop new ideas every year. Adding new contracts to include developing commodities, […]

As one of the world’s largest databases of futures traders, we see more strategies and talk to more managers in the asset class than almost anyone. We also speak with thousands of investors each year looking to improve their portfolios. These conversations over the past two decades give us great insight into what investors say […]

Two components often drive the evaluation of an investment decision in the futures world—the viability and strength of a program and the capability of a trader to execute that strategy. Recently, a marketing email from a new manager showed incredible returns, an interesting commodity, and over a year of track record. In short, the type […]