Physical oil traders are increasingly turning to futures contracts that deliver supplies to the export hub of Houston, taking ...

According to Paul Woolman, Executive Director – Head of EMEA Equity and Alternative Index Products at CME Group, sector dispersion is a key use case for the SOX futures contract. At any given ...

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Cons of Perpetual Futures Contracts: 1. Risk of Liquidation: With the benefits of high leverage also comes high risk. If the market moves against a trader’s position, they may quickly find themselves ...

The S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq futures contracts trade on the CME Globex system and are called E-mini contracts. The contract multiplier determines the dollar value of each point of price movement.

What is a futures contract? A futures contract is a legally binding agreement to buy or sell an asset at a predetermined price on a specific expiry date. The buyer of a futures contract has the ...

The futures markets are interrelated, and supply and demand can be connected, as some futures contracts serve as an input for other contracts. As an example, oil prices make up the majority of the ...

What is a futures contract? A futures contract is a legally binding agreement to buy or sell an asset at a predetermined price on a specific expiry date. The buyer of a futures contract has the ...

Lean hog futures: Based on the price of lean hogs, the specification for these futures are a contract size of 40,000 pounds and a minimum tick size of $0.025 per pound, and the contracts typically ...

S&P 500 futures are contracts that obligate the holder to buy or sell the S&P 500 index at a preset price on a given date. They are standardized, traded on the CME, and settled in cash.

The existence of competing exchanges and futures contracts means even draconian regulation, such as banning trading in a particular commodity, cannot prevent markets from finding alternative ways to ...