Futures Trading: What It Is, How It Works, Factors, and Pros & Cons

Futures are financial contracts obligating the buyer to purchase an asset or the seller to sell an asset at a predetermined ...

Using Futures to Hedge: Strategies for Risk Management

Discover how futures contracts can hedge against market risks, protect investments, and stabilize portfolios with effective ...

SCO: Understanding The Structure And Suitability Of This Inverse 2x Leveraged ETF

Discover how the SCO ETF offers leveraged short exposure to WTI crude oil. Learn why it's for short-term traders only.
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Futures Trading in Retirement Accounts: What You Need to Know

For retirees (or soon-to-be retirees), futures contracts can offer an additional avenue for diversification and hedging opportunities, helping to manage market volatility. However, there are a few ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Futures File: Hot cocoa — a hot commodity

Of all the commodity futures contracts, cocoa rang the bell for the greatest price gain of the year. The other breakfast drinks, coffee and OJ, were also sharply higher, but no commodities (we are not ...
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What are silver futures?

Silver futures trading involves an agreement between a buyer and a seller in which physical silver will be bought by the buyer and delivered by the seller for a fixed price at a date set in the future ...
Reuters

Commodity exchange Abaxx to launch lithium carbonate contract on March 7

LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Singapore-based Abaxx commodities exchange plans to launch a lithium carbonate contract on March 7 that will be physically deliverable at three locations, the company ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Natural Gas Sinks As June Contract Expires

0936 ET – U.S. natural gas futures turn lower in volatile trade as the June contract approaches final settlement. Daily cooling remains subdued later this week but is on pace to pick up dramatically ...