Learn about futures trading, along with how contracts work, key market factors, risks, and potential benefits, and how investors use futures to hedge or speculate.

Futures and forex markets are both popular options for investors looking to trade financial assets, but they differ in key ways. Futures involve standardized contracts to buy or sell assets at a set ...

Forex trading involves exchanging one currency for another in the hope of profiting from the trade. Learn more about how you ...

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 Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is proposing to expand agricultural futures trading hours to a 24/7 schedule. CFTC says the change would make the market more vibrant, while brokers and ...

Closing Prices: March corn futures gained 1 1/2 of a cent today, settling at 438 1/4. Today’s range was contained within the prior days range and came in at just 2 3/4 cents. The 14-day average true ...

U.S. stock futures trading remained halted less than two hours before the open on Black Friday due to a data-center cooling issue but CME Group began to restore some markets. BrokerTec US Actives and ...

(Reuters) -Wall Street's main indexes climbed on Friday, while futures trading came back to life following a CME Group outage that had temporarily frozen currencies, commodities and equity contracts ...

Futures trading allows investors to speculate on asset prices with contracts that commit them to buy or sell at a set future date and price. This approach allows for leverage, enabling traders to ...