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Markets

Learn about the Futures Markets

Access a variety of free information and resources to help you trade the futures markets. Browse through the list of contracts to find the latest information, including history, contract specifications, market news and more.

Futures Market Sectors

Euro FX Futures Currency Futures Overview - Usually a currency futures contract is priced in U.S. dollars per unit of another currency. The purpose of a currency future — or an ‘FX future’ — is to set a contract for the exchange of one currency for another currency at a specific point in time at a fixed price.
Crude Oil Futures Energy Futures Overview - Because developing countries, such as India, are rapidly evolving into a more technologically advanced society, the demand for the energy products to fuel such progress has rapidly shifted outward. Speculators and investors are becoming increasingly attracted to the multifunctionality of energy futures contracts.
Corn Futures Grains & Oilseeds Futures Overview - The total production volume for grain and oilseeds is highly dependent on factors such as weather, crop production cycles, and shift in global demand. Grain and Oilseed futures contracts are often used as price risk management and price discovery tools.
T-Note Futures Interest Rate Futures Overview - An interest rate futures contract, such as a t-bond or Eurodollar contract, has an interest-bearing instrument as an underlying asset. These futures are typically employed to hedge against the risk of interest rates rising or falling in an adverse direction.
Livestock Futures Livestock Futures Overview - As with most futures contracts, livestock futures contracts specify the commodity, quantity, and the delivery point. Beyond these, livestock futures also specify the quality of the commodity in particular U.S. grades.
Gold Futures Metals Futures Overview - Metal futures have a long-standing history of attracting everyone from banks to private individual traders. These contracts’ widespread popularity is a result of their usefulness in protecting buyers and sellers against price and volatility risk, as well as for allowing investors to pursue opportunities.
S&P 500 Index Futures Stock Index Futures Overview - A stock index future is a cash-settled contract based upon the value of a stock market index, such as the S&P 500 stock market index. These contracts have a broad spectrum of uses, including hedging risk.
Orange Juice Futures Tropicals & Softs Futures Overview - Tropicals and Softs are renewable but are annually influenced by climate changes, diseases, and water shortages. Increased demand for these commodities has attracted futures investment, a trend that will certainly continue in the future.

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Buying Options

When Should You Consider Buying and Selling Options?

Unlike other securities, options feature a collection of unique functionalities. An options contract provides the trader the opportunity to open leveraged bullish or bearish positions in a variety of markets. If done correctly, buying and selling options contracts can be lucrative, producing consistently positive returns. However, before diving into the market with both feet, you… Read more.

When Will the Steepening Stop?

While “The Steepening” may sound like a Hollywood-produced thriller wherein an animated monster made of tea leaves terrorizes some unassuming small town, it’s in fact the increase in the spread between short-term and long-term interest rates.

Vertical Options

When Should You Trade Vertical Spreads?

A vertical spread is an options strategy in which the trader simultaneously purchases and sells multiple contracts with different strike prices. Each buy or sell, known as a “leg,” is designed to secure bullish or bearish market exposure. Bullish vertical spreads profit when prices of the underlying assets rise, and bearish spreads profit when prices… Read more.

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