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17 Best Trading Market Moving Influencers To Follow On Twitter

Chris Randle

December 4, 2019

We emphasize to our traders that sometimes you’re able to receive breaking trading news from Twitter tweets and worldwide news networks before the trading squawk boxes and financial news television report the story.

CFTC Orders Proprietary Trading Firm to Pay Record $67.4 Million for Spoofing

Futures Magazine

November 7, 2019

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against Tower Research Capital LLC, a proprietary trading firm, arising from a manipulative and deceptive scheme, spanning nearly two years and involving thousands of occasions of spoofing in equity index futures.

Top 10 Global Commodity Trading Companies That Move Markets

Futures Magazine

September 12, 2019

Here are the commodity trading companies driving trading prices and production. Futures Magazine publishes the ultimate list of top global commodity trading companies.

Statement on the passing of futures industry pioneer Leslie Rosenthal

Press Release

September 18, 2017

Rosenthal Collins Group LLC (RCG), an independent futures brokerage and clearing firm, has issued the following statement on the Sept. 16 passing of its co-founder and Managing Partner Leslie Rosenthal at the age of 84 after a brief illness.

Tales from the Pit

Daniel P. Collins

May 15, 2015

The 167-year history of Chicago’s futures trading pits is a rich one. Everyone who has spent time on the floor has their own unique stories. Here are just a few.

10 celebrities who worked on futures trading floors

Daniel P. Collins

June 19, 2012

Trading has attracted many celebrities, either on their way to fortune, or after retirement from their first career.

No spoofing (really)

Futures Staff

September 15, 2014

Effective September 15, 2014, The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (CME), the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. (CBOT), the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (NYMEX), and the Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX), notified the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) of the adoption of Rule 575 (“Disruptive Practices Prohibited”).

Lee Stern: Trading 65 years and going strong

Daniel P. Collins

August 31, 2014

Lee Stern technically started his career in sports prior to trading as he took a job with the Chicago Cubs after leaving the army in 1947. That job did not last long...

Minimum corn price could cause major shortages

Brian Latham, Bloomberg

August 18, 2014

Zimbabwe’s Grain Millers’ Association is challenging the government’s initiative, made earlier this month to set minimum prices, because it’s problematic and will lead to food shortages, the group said.

Rain to the rescue?

Ranjeetha Pakiam and Rudy Ruitenberg, Bloomberg

August 14, 2014

Corn slipped and soybeans touched the lowest since 2010 as rain forecast in the U.S. is expected to boost crops already seen at a record.