Desk · futures
Futures Desk — Every index, metal, energy and grain the pros trade.
The EMI futures desk reads macro events, COT positioning, term-structure shifts and intraday flow across every active CME, NYMEX and ICE contract — then alerts only when the macro tape, the price structure and the trade economics agree. 1.5× RR floor. 8% hard stop cap.
- CME · NYMEX · ICE coverage
- 4% stop warn band
- 8% hard cap
- T1 / T2 / T3 staged
What the desk watches
The macro tape, in real time.
Futures move on macro: rate decisions, inventory reports, OPEC, USDA, FOMC, payrolls. EMI's macro/thematic routing layer classifies every article — company, macro, thematic, or mixed — and injects macro intelligence directly into the futures lane via virtual routing articles, so a valid macro thesis isn't lost just because no single ticker resolves.
- Index lanes. ES, NQ, YM, RTY — equity-index driven by news, term structure and breadth.
- Energy. CL, NG, RB, HO — read against EIA inventory cycles, OPEC posture, and flow.
- Metals. GC, SI, HG, PL — driven by macro-regime posture (defensive vs risk-on) and DXY.
- Grains. ZC, ZS, ZW — USDA reports, weather regimes, COT positioning.
Risk model
Stops sized to volatility, not vibes.
Futures stops are tuned to the volatility the contract actually trades at. The 4% warn band coerces borderline ideas to Tier C watch instead of dispatching a trade with a sloppy stop. The 8% hard cap is the line: anything wider is hard-blocked at the integrity gate.
Every futures alert ships with the contract ID, tick size in points, asset-class-aware position size, and a 1.5× RR floor enforced by the trade-economics policy.