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.

Options and futures are two investment types that can earn you a high return on investment. While options get you a contract with the “right” to buy or sell an asset, futures actually obligate you to ...

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 ...

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) saw record trading activity across total futures and options market during Q3 2024, it said on Tuesday, with 517M contracts traded during the quarter. Q3 trading ...

This week’s Options Industry Conference in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida may be the last one without Trading Technologies representation. The SaaS provider to the capital markets industry, long a ...

WESTLAKE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charles Schwab, a leader in retail investing and trading, today announced the launch of futures and forex trading, as well as portfolio margin, on its thinkorswim ...

LONDON & NEW YORK & AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced that its total futures and options markets ...

Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD) CEO Vlad Tenev delivered the keynote speech about exclusive product announcements to kick off the company's HOOD Summit 2024 in Miami, Florida. The Details: Tenev ...

--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 ...