Modern Trader

{{Short description|Business magazine}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox newspaper

|image = Futures logo Modern Trader.png

|type = Monthly Business magazine
(in USA, a registered newspaper)

|format = Magazine

|foundation = September 1972

|owners = The Alpha Pages

|headquarters = Chicago

|editor = Daniel Collins{{cite web|title=The Alpha Pages names Daniel P. Collins editor-in-chief of Futures Magazine|url=http://www.futuresmag.com/2013/12/11/the-alpha-pages-names-daniel-p-collins-editor-in-c?ref=hp}}|

chiefeditor = Jeff Joseph{{cite web|title=Alpha Pages takes reins of Futures Magazine|url=http://www.futuresmag.com/2013/12/01/alpha-pages-takes-reins-of-futures-magazine}}

|website = [https://www.topstep.com/ www.topstep.com]

|circulation = 50,000 subscribers per month (2015)

|issn = 2379-4674}}

Modern Trader is a United States-based monthly print investment magazine. The publication was established in 1972 under the name Commodities. The name was changed to Futures in September 1983 and Modern Trader in 2015.{{cite news |last=Roush |first=Chris |date=2015-06-04 |title=Futures magazine changes name to Modern Trader |url=http://talkingbiznews.com/1/futures-magazine-changes-name-to-modern-trader/ |newspaper=Talking Biz News |accessdate=2016-08-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607155750/http://talkingbiznews.com/1/futures-magazine-changes-name-to-modern-trader/ |url-status=live |archivedate=2015-06-07}}

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.{{cite book |last1=Moss |first1=Rita |last2=Ernsthausen |first2=David G. |date=2012 |title=Strauss's Handbook of Business Information: A Guide for Librarians, Students, and Researchers, 3rd Edition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g7JoBgAAQBAJ&q=%22Futures+magazine%22&pg=PA298 |location=Santa Barbara, California |publisher=ABC-CLIO |pages=288–289 |isbn=978-1610692366 |accessdate=2016-08-28}}

The Commodity channel index was first published in Commodities, before it was renamed to Futures.{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Cory |date=2014-03-19 |title=How Traders Can Utilize CCI (Commodity Channel Index) To Trade Stock Trends |url=http://www.investopedia.com/articles/active-trading/031914/how-traders-can-utilize-cci-commodity-channel-index-trade-stock-trends.asp |publisher=Investopedia |accessdate=2016-08-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320122303/http://www.investopedia.com/articles/active-trading/031914/how-traders-can-utilize-cci-commodity-channel-index-trade-stock-trends.asp |url-status=live |archivedate=2014-03-20}}