Futures

You’re ready to use your futures account to construct the position by submitting an order for execution once you’ve decided on a specific futures contract to trade and formulated a plan for the trade. Enter the underlying symbol to discover and choose the precise futures contract you wish to trade using an online trade ticket […]

Futures contracts based on interest rate swaps are known as swap futures. They’re intended to provide fixed-income market participants with a new option to mitigate spread risk, such as that posed by mortgage-backed securities, corporate bonds, and Agency debentures. Swap futures are a substitute for OTC cleared swaps, which must be traded on swap execution

Each day, at 7:20 a.m. Central Time (8:20 a.m. Eastern Time), Dow Futures begin trading on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), one hour and ten minutes before the stock market opens. Is the Dow futures market open? Most people who follow the financial markets are aware that events in Asia and Europe can have

Trading can, however, take place outside of regular stock market hours. On days when there is a regular session, for example, there is “pre-market” trading, which can begin as early as 4 a.m. and continue until the market opens at 9:30 a.m. There are also “after-hours” seminars, which take place between 4 and 8 p.m.

Futures are financial derivatives that derive value from a financial asset, such as a typical stock, bond, or stock index, and can be used to get exposure to a variety of financial instruments, including stocks, indexes, currencies, and commodities. Futures are an excellent tool for risk management and hedging; whether someone is already exposed to

Each day, at 7:20 a.m. Central Time (8:20 a.m. Eastern Time), Dow Futures begin trading on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), one hour and ten minutes before the stock market opens. When do the Dow futures begin on Sunday? Trading can, however, take place outside of regular stock market hours. On days when there

Crude oil futures are 1,000 barrels per contract and are traded every month from 6:00 p.m. ET to 5:00 p.m. ET. Schwab, on the other hand, allows you to trade more than simply NYMEX crude oil futures online. Brent crude oil futures are also available, as well as E-mini crude oil futures, which are half

E-mini Nasdaq futures trade on the CME Globex trading platform nearly 24 hours a day, starting at 6:00 p.m. All times are in U.S. Eastern Time (ET) until 5:00 p.m. The following afternoon, U.S. ET. When do stock futures trade? Stock index futures, such as the S&P 500 E-mini Futures (ES), reflect expectations for a

Each form of futures contract agricultural, energy, interest rate, equities, and so on has its own trading hours, which are sometimes dictated by the underlying products’ or securities’ market hours. Depending on the commodity, most futures contracts begin trading on Sunday at 6 p.m. Eastern time and close on Friday afternoon between 4:30 and 5

Index futures prices are frequently a good predictor of opening market direction, but the signal is only valid for a short time. The opening bell on Wall Street is notoriously turbulent, accounting for a disproportionate chunk of total trading volume. The market impact can overpower whatever price movement the index futures imply if an institutional