Blog Articles

Coffee, Cocoa, Sugar and Cotton all turned higher since June. A daily-chart CTTP walk through the softs complex for Monday, August 31, 2026.

Gold above $4,500, silver above $65, copper just below its record high, platinum waking up — a daily-chart walk through the metals complex on August 19, 2026.

Trading is about much more than trying to make money. It can teach us patience, discipline, risk management, independence, and even a great deal about ourselves. In this article, I look at why trading—when treated as a business rather than a gamble—can be such a rewarding pursuit.

Support and resistance explained in plain English — what these floors and ceilings on a chart really are, why markets seem to remember them, and a simple homework assignment to start seeing them on any bare futures chart. The first concept every chart reader should learn.

CME is now offering Single Stock Futures, giving traders a new way to trade the price movement of individual companies through the futures market. This beginner-friendly guide explains what SSFs are, how regular and Micro contracts work, and what traders should know about margin, risk, trading hours, liquidity, and contract expiration.

Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic won only about 54% of the points they played — yet dominated tennis for years. What the greatest players' win rate teaches traders about losses, risk management, and playing the long game.

The news tells you why. The chart tells you what. Only one of those pays.

The energy markets run on a calendar. Here's how to read it — and why it should never place a trade for you.

A daily-chart walk through crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, and natural gas on July 13, 2026 — three markets riding a fear rally, and one quiet market that finally showed its hand.