Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) See ourguide to financial regulatorsarticle for more depth on the subject. How Is The Trading Platform? Trading platforms are similar at first sight — they all offer basic charting tools and trade screens. They usually also include trading insights via ...
if OPEC decides to increase production, then the value of oil will likely go down. This will negatively impact a long futures position, and positively impact those going short.
Investing also differs from speculation, as evidenced by the investor's timeframe. Speculators are typically looking to gain from short-term price fluctuations that occur in weeks, days, or even minutes. Investors usually consider that a greater period of time, like months or years, is needed t...
Marking-to-market refers to the valuing of assets – a process where profits and losses between long and short position are settled at the end of each trading day. This means that the underlying asset’s settlement price becomes the new futures baseline price. Notional value and leverage in f...
Futures trading involves substantial risk and is not appropriate for everyone. However, what happens in the futures markets can spill over into the equity markets, so it can be helpful for non-futures traders to know what's happening with the futures market, even if they aren't actively tradi...
over-the-counter (OTC) stocks and each may differ on the access they give to mutual funds, bonds, global securities, options, futures, foreign exchange, andcryptocurrencytrades. Investors should carefully review each brokerage they consider to be certain they can invest in their preferred ...
Having delved into futures trading in the past, my intrigue in financial, economic, and political affairs eventually led me to a striking realization: the current debt-based fiat system is fundamentally flawed. This revelation prompted me to explore alternative avenues, including...Read More ...
This paper investigates empirically smoothing-out ratios and average holding periods of different Eurex futures such as the Euro-Bund, the DAX, the DJ Euro STOXX 50 future and others from 1999 to 2002. A methodology that only needs daily volume and open interest data is presented (including an...
If the price of a futures contract rises, the buyer can sell it and book a profit. In contrast, the seller of a futures contract potentially profits if the price goes down (this is known as going short). Although most commodity futures technically allow for physical delivery, almost all ...
Volatility index ETFs are used tactically for short-term trading and aren’t intended as long-term holdings. The “contango” shape of the VIX futures curve tends to drag on volatility index ETF performance. Don’t confuse volatility ETFs with low-volatility (“factor-based”) ETFs, which seek...