For many individual investors, options and futures are exotic instruments. This is far from the case, once you learn the difference between the two. The truth is that with widespread availability of ...

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 ...

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% ...

Investors who want to walk on the wild side have a couple of easily accessed alternatives: stock options and futures. But which is best? It depends, of course, on your goal, financial savvy, time ...

Out of curiosity, I have done some research on futures options and thought I would share some information with you. There are many different futures contracts and most have options that trade on these ...

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 ...

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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