Stock index futures, such as the S&P 500 E-mini Futures (ES), reflect expectations for a stock index’s price at a later date, based on dividends and interest rates. Index futures are two-party agreements that are considered a zero-sum game because when one party wins, the other loses, and there is no net wealth transfer. While

Participants can trade one of the world’s most liquid oil commodities in an electronic marketplace with the ICE West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures Contract. The contract not only offers the convenience of electronic trading for a US light sweet crude benchmark, but it also links together the world’s most important crude

Futures and options are similar trading instruments that allow investors to make money while also hedging their present investments. A buyer has the right, but not the responsibility, to buy (or sell) an asset at a defined price at any point throughout the contract’s duration. Unless the holder’s position is closed prior to expiration, a

Stock futures are more of a bet than a prediction. A stock futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a stock at a specific price at a future date, independent of its current value. Futures contract prices are determined by where investors believe the market is headed. What are the futures on the