What is a cash sweep?
What is a cash sweep account? Only affects futures-enabled accounts At tastytrade, we sweep excess funds from your futures account to your securities (mar...
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Futures Holiday Trading Schedule
The next holiday affecting futures trading hours is President's Day, observed on February 20th. All times listed are in Central Time (CT, Chicago Time)...
/ZC, /ZS, /ZW Order Rejected
Are you wondering why your /ZC (corn), /XC (mini-corn), /ZS (soybeans), /XS (mini-soybeans), /ZW (wheat), or /XW (mini-wheat) order is rejecting each time y...
How to Trade a Back Month Futures Contract
What is a back month contract? Back month means a later month When trading the Smalls or CME futures, there is typically an active month contract, which i...
CFTC Form 40 Large Trader Disclosure
Did you receive an email directly from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)? Well, no need to sound the alarm because you're not in trouble....
What is a Market Order with Protection? (futures)
Typically, when you route a market order you usually expect the entire order to fill right away when routed. Or, when you route a stop market order you expe...
Futures Statements (tastytrade Daily Statement)
Whenever you trade any futures products, our futures commissions merchant (FCM) StoneX (formerly known as FCStone) will send you a tastytrade daily statemen...
What is First Notice and why should I care?
Admittedly, when it comes to futures trading, there's a lot to keep track of since each contract has unique characteristics. However, if there is one t...