Futures education
Continuous futures charts: what adjusted history means
Understand how continuous futures charts join contract months, why back-adjusted prices change, and how to check the dated contract behind an order.
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Futures education
Futures volume vs open interest: trades and outstanding contracts
See how futures volume and open interest differ, with an opening, transfer and closing trade example, plus contract-month and reporting-date checks.
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Futures contract comparisons
GC vs MGC gold futures: contract size, ticks and delivery
Compare GC and MGC gold futures in ounces, tick values and dollar exposure. See a worked price-move example and how Micro Gold delivery uses ACEs.
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Futures trading mechanics
Futures slippage: measure the cost of a different fill price
Calculate futures slippage in ticks and dollars, handle partial fills, choose a consistent reference price, and avoid subtracting execution costs twice.
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Futures mechanics
Level I vs Level II futures data: reading quotes and depth
Compare futures top-of-book quotes with market depth using a worked order-book example, and distinguish resting quantities, traded volume and individual orders.
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Futures mechanics
Futures price limits and trading halts
Understand exchange price limits, S&P 500 futures halts and dynamic circuit breakers, with a worked limit calculation and an unfilled-exit example.
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