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 ...

In futures trading, success can bring you significant profits, but mistakes can be costly. Different types of futures contracts have distinctive features, though they are always an agreement to buy or ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He ...

Take a look at some basic examples of hedging in the futures market, as well as the return prospects and risks.

The "spot price" is the current price of an asset with payment being immediate and the buyer taking delivery immediately or within a few days. Spot price is determined by supply and demand and most ...

CHICAGO, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group (CME), the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that trading in Micro WTI Crude Oil futures surpassed 50 million contracts on June ...

Crude oil inventories in the United States decreased by 2.3 million barrels during the week ending January 24, according to… Oil futures are financial contracts that allow participants to buy or sell ...

Friday marked the final day of trading for Eurodollars futures, one of the primary instruments that traders have used to telegraph their expectations for Federal Reserve policy or to hedge the ...

CHICAGO, Aug 21 (Reuters) - In a head-to-head contest in a small corner of agricultural futures markets, a legacy spring wheat contract that has traded for more than 140 years is fending off a ...

There are a lot of unknowns in investing. For example, you don’t know what the price of a stock will be tomorrow. If you did, investing would be a risk-free endeavor! Instead, it’s all investors can ...