What used to be a one-on-one deal was now a global futures exchange - like the Chicago Board of Trade, for example. Standard futures "contracts" have been defined by various commodity and futures ...

A stock index futures contract binds two parties to an agreed value for the underlying index at a specified future date. For example, the March futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index ...

The margin minimum for futures contracts determines how much you'll need in your account to begin trading specific contracts. For example, the minimum margin to trade the E-mini S&P 500 Index ...

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For retirees (or soon-to-be retirees), futures contracts can offer an additional avenue for diversification and hedging ...

Options and derivatives traders know this phenomenon well because it’s the day when three different types of contracts expire. A futures contract is also referred to as an “anticipated hedge ...