Tales from the Pits
Former floor traders recall their favorite moments from Chicago’s trading floors From the first moment I saw the trading floor, I knew I had to be on it. And in…
Burning Man
A former floor trader shares sights—and insights—from his 15th visit to The Playa By Alan Matthew Burning Man, which bills itself as “the place to find out who you are…
These Guys Can Kick-Start any Side Hustle
Two side-hustle gurus side hustled their way into the full-time side-hustle business. Chris Guillebeau began by blogging part-time about money-making sidelines for travelers, and Nick Loper started with a part-time…
Did the Santa Claus Rally Just Get Derailed?
The SPY, a popular barometer for the performance of equities in the United States, had been on a nice run since its October lows. The key word being “had.” In…
News-Driven Trading
Basing trades on public announcements and earnings reports can generate profits without a major investment of time Investors always have something to trade, thanks to a six-and-a-half-hour equity trading day,…
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These Guys Can Kick-Start any Side Hustle
Two side-hustle gurus side hustled their way into the full-time side-hustle business. Chris Guillebeau began by blogging part-time about money-making sidelines for travelers, and Nick…
The Nationals have a $185 million salary cap, and something in common with Luckbox
While fans of the Washington Nationals were celebrating their team’s first World Series victory Thursday night, the editorial team at Luckbox was celebrating for a…
Picture Tomorrow
What will everyday life look like in five, 10 or 25 years? Writer and filmmaker Luke Kingma of Futurism Studios (owned by renowned futurist Ray…
50 Years to Run for Cover
Not every luckbox reader will live to see the year 2069, so here’s a preview To mark the recent opening of the Samsung destination store…
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Burning Man
A former floor trader shares sights—and insights—from his 15th visit to The Playa By Alan Matthew Burning Man, which bills itself as “the place to…
WeWork’s Neumanns Still Have Each Other
Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann and his wife, Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, may not seem like luckboxes at first glance. It wasn’t long ago that they…
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Futurism podcasts aren’t for everyone. With work, family, friends and finances vying for attention, it’s difficult to justify carving out time to listen to what…
Race out to find this Rye
For whiskey explorers, discovery is the easy part. There is always something that you haven’t tried, but the results are often disappointing. Happening upon Pinhook…
Amazon Doesn’t Sell Sculpted Physiques
Staying fit requires discipline and commitment; the same can be said for profits in trading. Instant gratification and immediate satisfaction. If the explosion of Facebook…
Volatility: Trading’s Best Crystal Ball
Volatility provides a clue about what the future may hold for a stock Long-term stock trader? Short-term options trader? Medium-term money machine? No matter how…
La Dolce Vita: THC-infused Sugar
This first-mover cannabis sweetener hopes to earn $3 million in first-year revenues. Shoogies, a (THC) cannabis-infused sweetener, is hitting dispensary shelves throughout California. It’s available…
Meet Pete Mulmat
Host of Splash Into Futures on the tastytrade network Home Winnetka, Ill. Age 57 Years trading 37 How did you start trading? I studied economics in…
Future Shtick
Psychic, or psyched out? My visit to a fortune teller When luckbox asked me to visit a psychic for this future-focused issue, I felt “shook.”…
Handicapping the 2019 US Tennis Open
In the world of sports, European football, cricket, American football, baseball, and basketball usually get the most international coverage. Those sports possess legions of rabid…
8 Favorite Fidget Toys
The anxiety-related consumer products market is expected to grow to $7.5 billion by 2023. In the Fall of 2016, two Kickstarter campaigns were launched with…
Meet the Robots: Aibo, Jibo, Leo & Cleo
This robot roundup includes one recently deceased, one arisen from the dead and two that are gainfully employed
Greta’s Guitars
Sam and Jake Kiszka, two of GVF’s three brothers set aside time with luckbox to discuss music, fame and influences. Sam plays bass and keyboards…
Swimming in Sales
Relentless ambition turns a solo act side hustle into a multi million-dollar business A dream job wasn’t enough for Emily Vaca—she always had a part-time…
Psychic Poker Play
Players can predict an opponent’s range of possible hands by following a few simple tips World-class poker players often seem to “know” the hole cards…
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AMZN: Prime Sell
Candlestick chart analysis for intermediate-term trading As the third-largest Nasdaq…
Side Hustle Stocks
Googling “gig economy companies” or “side hustles” yields a multitude of entries on individuals and organizations. They’re workers and companies offering goods and services that…
Take a look at the Krona
The U.S. dollar(USD), the world’s most traded currency, is followed in trading volume respectively by the euro (EUR) and the Japanese yen (JPY), according to…
CSI: Investigating Thrift Savings Plans
It’s 1987. Ronald Reagan is serving his second term as president, Paul Simon’s Graceland wins the Grammy for album of the year and the U.S.…
Inversion in Treasuries: Two Ways to Trade
A savvy futures trader’s take on the markets Rip van Winkle slept for 20 years, but that was 200 years ago. Today, van Winkle’s smart…
Sector Ignorance
RIPE AND JUICY TRADE IDEAS Most investors own one or more of the Dow Jones, S&P 500, Nasdaq or Russell 2000 indexes. Common ways to…
Tactics
Did the Santa Claus Rally Just Get Derailed?
The SPY, a popular barometer for the performance of equities in the United States, had been on a nice run since its October lows. The…
News-Driven Trading
Basing trades on public announcements and earnings reports can generate profits without a major investment of time Investors always have something to trade, thanks to…
Single Stocks vs. ETFs
The term “single stock” doesn’t refer to a security that spends its free time swiping right and left on Tinder. No, “single stock” as a…
(Covered) Call to Action
Savvy investors can turn a 401(k) or IRA into a facsimile of a covered call Americans store a big chunk of their investments in 401(k)…
Time Decay, Theta & Toga Parties
Let’s talk Greeks—and no, there will be no reference to toga parties (sorry about the clickbait). Instead, the “Greek” we’ll cover is theta, aka time…
Short Volatility and the Short Delta Bias
The S&P 500 is now roughly twice as high as it was before the correction observed during the Great Recession. In the spring of 2007,…
Zeroing Out Those Utility Bills
With this hack, investors can make utility companies pay the family gas and electric tabs Traders consider utility stocks relatively safe investments—partly because regulation limits…
Taking Futures to a New Level
Advanced uses of futures include scalping, pairs trading and delta hedging Futures contracts offer retail traders some strategic advantages that aren’t available with stocks and…
Managing Directional Risk
While many traders focus on statistics-based volatility positions that leverage the mean reversion philosophy, it’s important to recognize that even these types of exposures can…
