Modern Trader
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Modern Trader is a United States-based monthly print investment magazine. The publication was established in 1972 under the name Commodities.[1] The name was changed to Futures in September 1983 and Modern Trader in 2015.[2]
The magazine is a standard source in futures and option trading, and its SourceBook site is a standard reference to US brokerage and related services.[3]
The Commodity channel index was first published in Commodities, before it was renamed to Futures.[4]
History
The magazine was founded in 1972 as Commodities, published by Leon Rose and Mort Baratz. It was bought in 1976 by Daniel Oster for Merrill.[1] It was bought again by Jeff Joseph's Alpha Pages from Summit Media in 2013.[5][6]