Discover how options and futures differ in the financial market, focusing on obligations, trading hours, and their roles for investors and institutions.

Oil-price volatility from the Iran war is upending stock, bond and gold correlations, boosting hybrid options.

A record $5.7 trillion “triple witching” options expiry threatens to inject fresh swings into an already fragile market. ・Markets remain on edge as escalating Middle East tensions fuel oil volatility.

The world currently consumes over 100 million barrels of oil each day, showing how deeply crude oil is woven into global ...

HOUSTON, March 3 (Reuters) - Investors rushed to lock in a spike in oil prices this week, resulting in a record volume of energy futures and options contracts changing hands on Monday, the first ...

Oil options and futures are signalling that the latest Middle East conflict may be short‑lived, as traders pile into ...

(Bloomberg) -- Trump administration officials aren’t prioritizing having the Treasury Department trade oil futures as the White House weighs a long list of options to relieve pressure on global energy ...

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced record open interest (OI) across its global futures and options markets of over 114 ...

Selling oil futures would be a desperate ploy, born of panic about rising US gasoline and diesel retail prices ahead of the midterm elections.