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.

TradeStation Securities, Inc. ("TradeStation"), an award-winning†, self-clearing online brokerage firm for trading stocks, options, futures, and futures options, won the #1 Innovation Award and has ...

Futures and options both give traders leveraged exposure to underlying assets. You can use these contracts to get exposure to stocks, commodities, and other assets. Since these derivatives are similar ...

Options and futures are two investment types that can earn you a high return on investment. While options get you a contract with the “right” to buy or sell an asset, futures actually obligate you to ...

We've tested countless futures trading platforms and among our favorites are Plus500, NinjaTrader for desktop traders and Interactive Brokers for those looking to access a worldwide market. Of course, ...

Quantitative Brokers (QB) has launched an execution algorithm for options on futures markets, which it claims is the first of its kind in the industry. Known as Striker, the agency algorithm will ...

Explore the origins of options contracts, from rice traders in ancient times to today's financial markets. Understand their ...

Interactive Brokers is firing on all cylinders as its clients ramp up their activity in the financial markets.

CME Group is starting a new, profitable chapter that isn’t yet reflected in its stock price. The exchange company—which specializes in futures trading—is starting to attract retail investors, ...

Options and futures are both contracts to buy and sell either a stock or commodity at a specific price by a specific time. So in the broadest sense, they are similar. But if you look more closely, you ...

The primary difference between a futures contract and a commodity option contract is that a futures contract obligates a trader to buy or sell the underlying commodity. Along with this, commodity ...

--Brent crude oil is flat at $62.88 a barrel. --European benchmark gas is down 1.1% to 28.87 euros a megawatt-hour. --Gold futures are up 0.7% to $4,230.50 a troy ounce. --LME three-month copper ...