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The Aeris blog.
Plain-language posts on trading basics, prop firms, trading software, and market history. Every post cites its sources and says what it cannot promise.
By Aeris team
Trading basics
How markets, orders, futures contracts, and risk management work.
- November 4, 2026Introduction to trading: how markets and orders workHow markets match buyers and sellers, what the main order types do, and why leverage cuts both ways.
- November 4, 2026How to start trading futuresContract specs, sessions, margin, brokers, and a step-by-step plan for your first futures trades.
- November 4, 2026Trading risk management: position sizing, stops, and limitsHow to size a position from your stop, cap a bad day, and survive long enough to improve.
Prop firm trading
Evaluations, funded accounts, payouts, rules, and how to compare firms.
- November 4, 2026What is a prop firm?How evaluation firms, funded accounts, profit splits, and prop-firm rules actually work.
- November 4, 2026Prop firm trading: the benefits and the risksWhat prop firms genuinely offer, what they cost, and what can go wrong.
- November 4, 2026How to choose a prop firmThe criteria that matter when comparing futures prop firms, with no rankings.
Trading platforms
Trading terminals, free trading software, and TradingView alternatives.
- November 4, 2026What is a trading terminal?What a trading terminal does, part by part, and how to choose one.
- November 4, 2026Free TradingView alternativesGenuinely free TradingView alternatives, what each includes, and which fits which trader.
- November 4, 2026Free trading software: a practical guideThe categories of free trading software, what free really means, and how to stay safe.
Trading history
How futures and electronic markets began, and the records of famous traders.
- November 4, 2026The greatest traders in history and the lessons they leftWhat the documented records of famous traders show, and the lessons on risk that repeat.
- November 4, 2026The history of futures trading, from rice bills to micro contractsFrom rice bills in 1730 Osaka to Micro E-mini futures: how the modern futures market was built.
- November 4, 2026From trading pits to screens: the end of open outcryHow open outcry pits gave way to Globex, the DOM ladder, and the lessons of the 2010 flash crash.
Editorial policy
How we write these posts.
The Aeris team writes and reviews every post. We link to primary sources such as exchanges, regulators, and the firms and vendors we describe, and we show the date each post was last checked.
This is education, not financial advice. Trading futures and other leveraged products can lose more than you put in. No post here promises a profit, ranks prop firms, or recommends a trade.
Aeris makes a trading platform. Where a post mentions it, we say what it does today and label what is coming soon.