Learn about futures trading, along with how contracts work, key market factors, risks, and potential benefits, and how investors use futures to hedge or speculate.

Explore the origins of options contracts, from rice traders in ancient times to today's financial markets. Understand their ...

Silver futures are contracts for buying/selling silver at a future date. Investing in silver can be via physical forms, stocks, ETFs, or futures. Silver futures offer potential high returns but carry ...

Options and futures are two investment types that can earn you a high return on investment. While options get you a contract ...

This is part 2 of a multi-part series where we deep dive into the nuances of Index Returns. This paper will provide an overview of the mechanisms of equity futures, the purpose of the equity index ...

Section 1256 contracts include certain regulated futures contracts, foreign currency contracts and non-equity options. These contracts receive a unique tax treatment under the IRS code and are subject ...

Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF offers managed futures exposure, with a strong, experienced team, and what I thought was a fair 0.76% expense ratio, until I found otherwise. Despite a solid ...

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) is planning to roll out options contracts on Solana (SOL-USD) and XRP (XRP-USD) futures, building on "the significant growth and increasing liquidity we have seen across our ...

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has rolled out a series of updates to its futures trading offerings, culminating in the planned launch of US Perpetual-Style Futures on July 21, 2025. These developments mark a ...

A commodity market long governed by bilateral deals and opaque pricing is slowly edging towards the futures age.