About Futures Magazine

Established in 1972, Futures magazine is the oldest and largest circulation publication serving the derivatives industry. Since its start the magazine has grown to cover not only the futures markets, but options, forex and stock markets as well. It is distributed world wide and covers not only all markets, but all geographical centers, with correspondents both in Europe and Asia. Futures Magazine Group produces the website, futuresmag.com, which provides up to the minute news, information and trading strategies for global traders.

Quality of News

News are uploaded daily and cover vital topics of the world of money. They are divided into sections, but not all of the sections are updated regularly. They are also not filled equally, in one section there might be 1 news, in another – several news.

As the website belongs to a real magazine, some of the sections are paid. E.g. you must be a subscriber to search archives.

Apart from News

The website contains a wide range of extras. To start with, there is a Glossary of Terms which may be of great help to beginners. What’s more, there is forex market analysis, which can be found in the “Market Analysis” section. Becides, there is a special “Forex Central” section, where one may find real time quotes, Forex TV, educational articles (paid), current analysis, sourcebook directory and a lot more. The website contains various charts which are of great help as well.
There is also a forum available at the website. There visitors may share their opinions on different questions.

Site Design and Ease of Navigation Comments

There is nothing special that can be mentioned about the design – it can be characterized as nice, common and formal. Navigation is pretty easy, the website is well-structured.

There is some flash advertisement, but it is not annoying.

Advantages

• A wide range of extra Forex information
• Distinct information about the company

Disadvantages

• News could be more frequent.