At first glance, options and futures seem to have a lot in common. Both vehicles give you the opportunity to bet on the future performance of an underlying asset. Plus, both options and futures are ...

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Options on futures are a kind of contract that gives an investor the right to buy or sell futures at a specific price in a specific period. Options on futures, therefore, layer the "optionality" of ...

Interest rates have been in focus lately, especially the effect of the actions of the US Federal Reserve Board on equity prices. I figured it would be a good time to explain how the Fed Funds futures ...

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Oct 16 (Reuters) - Robinhood (HOOD.O), opens new tab launched its long-awaited desktop platform and added futures and index options trading features to its mobile app on Wednesday, as the fintech firm ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OptionMetrics, an options database and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide, releases its new IvyDB Futures database with ...

Washington, DC — FIA today released statistics on the number of futures and options traded on exchanges worldwide in 2023. The total volume of trading reached 137.3 billion contracts in 2023, up 64% ...

CME Group is starting a new, profitable chapter that isn’t yet reflected in its stock price. The exchange company—which specializes in futures trading—is starting to attract retail investors, ...

Learn what it takes to invest in gold and silver Michael is a former senior editor of investing and trading products for Investopedia. He has 20+ years of mutual fund, macro market research, ...

A major data center outage halted futures and options trading early Friday, leaving investors in the dark for more than 10 hours. CME Group, a Chicago-based exchange operator, said trading had resumed ...