Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He ...

Futures and forex markets are both popular options for investors looking to trade financial assets, but they differ in key ways. Futures involve standardized contracts to buy or sell assets at a set ...

In the securities world, “options” are regulated, exchange-traded instruments. Offered on six U.S. options exchange and on international exchanges, security options give investors the right, but not ...

Paul Houston, Global Head of FX Products, CME Group, recently caught up with Traders Magazine to discuss the drivers causing change in the FX derivatives market, what CME Group has been doing to ...

For many individual investors, options and futures are exotic instruments. This is far from the case, once you learn the difference between the two. The truth is that with widespread availability of ...

The Crude Oil futures and options markets are the most liquid and actively traded global commodities contracts in the world. With Weekly Options on WTI Crude Oil Futures expiring on Friday each week, ...

F&O trading: A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a stock or index at a fixed price on a future date. While, Options give you a right, but not an obligation, to buy or sell at a fixed ...

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 ...

Analyse institutional positioning across Index Futures, Index Options, Stock Futures, and Stock Options for FIIs and Mutual Funds. Derivatives data helps in understanding hedging behaviour, leverage, ...

Last March the corn market lost 30 cents after the USDA surprisingly increased stock levels. This week the USDA surprised the market again by reducing corn stock levels, resulting in a 20-cent market ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...