Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

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 ...

Futures contracts are agreements to buy or sell a specific underlying asset, such as a commodity or a stock, at a predetermined future price and date. Investors use futures contracts – futures for ...

Index futures, also referred to as stock index futures or equity index futures, are futures contracts where the buyer and seller agree to buy or sell a stock index at a future price and date. Index ...

Despite its relatively short history, the energy futures contract has become an essential part of the modern financial system, thanks to its efficiency in controlling volatility in the price of ...

What is an inverse futures contract? An inverse futures contract is a financial arrangement that requires the seller to pay the buyer the difference between the agreed-upon price and the current price ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. The spot price is the current price in the marketplace at which a given asset—such as a security, commodity, or ...

Amid economic uncertainty and nagging inflation, many Americans are reviewing their investments and plotting their next move. One investment asset you might consider is gold, which comes with numerous ...

The trading of perpetual contracts is comparable to that of futures contracts; however, in the case of perpetual contracts, the trader has more leverage and does not immediately exchange the ...

Federal spot month limits would expand to cover 25 physical commodity futures, as well as certain “look alike” contracts and OTC swaps on the same underlying commodity. Limits generally would be set ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission appears to have little respect for the power of markets, going by their proposal to ban futures contracts on electoral outcomes. Elections have enormous ...