Modern Trader

Business magazine

Modern Trader

Type| Monthly Business magazine
(in USA, a registered newspaper)
Format| Magazine
Owner(s)| The Alpha Pages
Editor-in-chief| Jeff Joseph[1]
Editor| Daniel Collins[2]
Founded| September 1972
Headquarters| Chicago
Circulation| 50,000 subscribers per month (2015)[3]
ISSN| 2379-4674
Website| www.topstep.com

Modern Trader is a United States-based monthly print investment magazine. The publication was established in 1972 under the name Commodities.[4] The name was changed to Futures in September 1983 and Modern Trader in 2015.[3]

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.[5]

The Commodity channel index was first published in Commodities, before it was renamed to Futures.[6]

## History

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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.[4] It was bought again by Jeff Joseph's Alpha Pages from Summit Media in 2013.[7][8]

## References

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1. ^ "Alpha Pages takes reins of Futures Magazine".
2. ^ "The Alpha Pages names Daniel P. Collins editor-in-chief of Futures Magazine".
3. ^ a b Roush, Chris (June 4, 2015). "Futures magazine changes name to Modern Trader". Talking Biz News. Archived from the original on June 7, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
4. ^ a b Crawford Jr., William B. (September 14, 1992). "Oster Enterprises' Chief A Quiet Force Behind Growth Of Futures". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
5. ^ Moss, Rita; Ernsthausen, David G. (2012). Strauss's Handbook of Business Information: A Guide for Librarians, Students, and Researchers, 3rd Edition. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. pp. 288–289\. ISBN 978-1610692366. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
6. ^ Mitchell, Cory (March 19, 2014). "How Traders Can Utilize CCI (Commodity Channel Index) To Trade Stock Trends". Investopedia. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
7. ^ Marek, Lynne (July 9, 2014). "Futures Magazine publisher buys New York financial news rival". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
8. ^ Alden, William (July 9, 2014). "FINalternatives Is Sold to Upstart Media Firm". New York Times. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

## External links

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* Official website