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Interest Rates: Trading the Swap Spread
January 2014 Many traders think in terms of buying (selling) interest rate futures to capitalize on anticipated falling (rising) yields in response to changes in Fed policy or to dynamic macroeconomic conditions. Some take a more subtle approach by trading spreads between, for example, CBOT
Ten Years of Risk
November 2013 The last decade has been marked by transition for Advantage Futures and the futures industry: the progression from pit to screen, the shift to 24-hour markets, the move by the individual trader into trading groups, the increase in international clientele and the consolidation
Ten Years of Technology
November 2013 Wow, what a decade it has been! Futures trading volume was transitioning from open outcry to electronic screens when Advantage Futures opened for business in June 2003. Technology and connectivity options were evolving from T1s exchanges used to transport market data and order
Why Professional Traders Should Consider European Volatility
November 2013 An active Twitter personality with clear views on electronic markets, Megan Morgan,Vice President of sell side business development at Eurex Exchange, is an advocate of VSTOXX® as the volatility benchmark for the European time zone. In this interview, she explains why professional volatility
