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The futures industry has spent decades innovating around speed, technology, and access.

Now it’s evolving in another important way: contract size.

Micro and mini futures contracts are opening the door for more precise risk management, greater flexibility, and broader participation across the futures landscape.

IASG’s Greg Taunt explores why smaller contracts are gaining traction and how they may reshape the way investors and advisors approach portfolio construction.

🔗 Read the full article:
https://www.iasg.com/blog/2026/05/06/shrinking-futures-contracts-why-smaller-is-better

Even Warren Buffett, who resisted stock splits for 30+ years, eventually launched Berkshire Class B at 1/1500 the size of Class A. Today, the smaller version trades 500x the daily volume of the larger.

Futures markets are running the same play on a much faster cycle. As the S&P and gold have outgrown their original contract sizes, CME has rolled out mini and micro contracts that bring precise position sizing to allocators who'd otherwise be stuck with clumsy round-number exposures.

A Micro E-mini S&P today has a notional of ~$35k, roughly the size of the original full-size S&P contract from 1982, despite being 50x smaller. The original "big" contract now exceeds $1.75M.

What this means for your allocation, plus what's coming from CME (including the new QSPX):

Shrinking Futures Contracts: Why Smaller Is Better Outside of Warren Buffett, most companies actively endeavor to keep the price of shares reasonable for a wide audience, which can increase adoption rates and make their stock more desirable. Futures markets run into similar constraints. As contract values grow, they become harder to trade. Just like...

With hundreds of managed futures programs to choose from, finding the right fit for your portfolio can feel overwhelming.

In this post, Greg Taunt walks through the tools and strategies he uses most on the IASG platform — from sorting by performance and Sharpe ratio, to applying filters for track record and AUM, to testing combinations with our Blender tool.

Whether you're building a diversified portfolio or just starting your research, this is a great place to begin.

🔗 Read the full post: https://www.iasg.com/blog/2026/04/04/how-to-find-the-right-managed-futures-programs-on-iasg

How to Find the Right Managed Futures Programs on IASG Having many options when choosing an investment manager is a great advantage. However, filtering through hundreds of programs to find the ones that best match your needs isn’t always easy. With hundreds of CTAs in our database, a few simple strategies can make the search process much more efficien...

Markets don’t always wait for headlines.

Recently, precious and industrial metals have surged together — an unusual move that may be signaling bigger changes beneath the surface. From AI data centers to energy transition demand and global supply constraints, we explore what’s driving metals higher and what it could mean for investors.

📖 Read: Decoding Metals Price Action
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Decoding Metals Price Action Markets often communicate more clearly through price action than through headlines. The dramatic surge in metals contracts is sending a powerful signal, but what exactly is it telling us? Traders frequently monitor inter-market relationships for early warnings. When one asset class moves unusually,....