He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). 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 ...

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making them easier to buy and more affordable. Wall Street firms and other large investors have long enjoyed the ability to manage portfolio risk with futures and E-mini futures contracts.