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 ...

While options and futures seem to have a lot in common, there are key differences At first glance, options and futures seem to have a lot in common. Both vehicles give you the opportunity to bet on ...

PLANTATION, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TradeStation Securities, Inc. (“TradeStation Securities”), an award-winning† self-clearing online brokerage firm for trading stocks, options, futures, and futures ...

CHICAGO, Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its cryptocurrency futures and options will be available to trade 24 hours a day, ...

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group proudly describes itself as the place “where the world comes to manage risk.” Except on Friday, the world was shut out. Trading of futures and options was halted ...

(RTTNews) - Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) announced plans to launch futures and options on its new Cboe Magnificent 10 Index - MGTEN, pending regulatory review. The equal-weighted benchmark tracks ten ...

(Update) November 28, 2025, 11:00 AM GMT: Article updated. Trading of futures and options on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was halted by a data-center fault, causing hours of disruption to markets ...

CME Group, a leading global derivatives exchange, announced plans to launch futures contracts for Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), and Stellar (XLM) on February 9. The products are regulated by the US ...

Stock futures and options trading reopened fully at 8:30 a.m. ET. Globex futures and options markets, foreign exchange platform EBS markets and BMD markets were all impacted, the Chicago Mercantile ...

--Brent crude oil is flat at $62.88 a barrel. --European benchmark gas is down 1.1% to 28.87 euros a megawatt-hour. --Gold futures are up 0.7% to $4,230.50 a troy ounce. --LME three-month copper ...

Futures trading allows investors to speculate on asset prices with contracts that commit them to buy or sell at a set future date and price. This approach allows for leverage, enabling traders to ...