Yesenia Duran

About the Author

Yesenia Duran is Managing Editor at Futures magazine. She has covered the financial industry for more than 5 years. She originally joined Futures in 2002 after graduating from Northwestern University where she majored in journalism. In her free time Yesenia trains and prepares for the eventual zombie apocalypse. E-mail her at yduran@futuresmag.com, and follow her on Twitter at @yesifutures.

Implied Volatility a key indicator in trader tools.

Implied vs. Realized Volatility & the VIX

Yesenia Duran
November 11, 2019
Volatility trading is the term used to describe trading the velocity of movement in price of an underlying instrument rather than the direction of price. For example, you could trade the value of an equity index, but volatility trading typically means trading the expected velocity of movement.

Eddy Altamirano

Yesenia Duran
February 25, 2017
From the desk of Eddy Altamirano

Tick size pilot program kicks off

Yesenia Duran
November 27, 2016

On May 6, 2015, the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order approving the National Market System (NMS) plan to implement a Tick Size Pilot Program by the National Securities Exch

New for Traders: CME Group to expand base metals offering

Yesenia Duran
September 15, 2016

CME Group

The Cliffs: There's life and then there's living

Yesenia Duran
August 27, 2016

The phrase “Cliff vesting” refers to when employees are considered vested in an employer benefits plan and have earned the right to receive retirement plan benefits. Cliff investing?

New platform makes trading social again

Yesenia Duran
August 26, 2016

When trading moved from raucous pits to computer screens, it created efficiencies, but what was lost was a sense of community.

Evergreen Commodity Advisors

Yesenia Duran
July 24, 2016
From the desk of Bryan Vaverek

Kiawah: Island reversal

Yesenia Duran
July 24, 2016
Looking for real estate investments but the typical real estate fare isn’t cutting it? Are alternative investments more your style? Nothing says unconventional like buying into island life.

The Porsche Experience

Yesenia Duran
July 23, 2016
The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects the retail price of regular-grade gasoline will average $2.04 per gallon during this 2016 summer driving season, down from $2.63 last summer. That would mark the lowest summer average since 2004.

Hublot's trader timepiece

Yesenia Duran
June 18, 2016
As successful traders take advantage of global opportunities, they look for any edge they can find to make the best trades. Sometimes any advantage will do, including being able to easily identify which markets are open for trading at a particular time — just by glancing at your watch.