Futures

Futures and options on futures contracts have a cost of $2.25 per contract, plus exchange and regulatory fees. Exchange fees may vary depending on the exchange and the goods. The National Futures Association (NFA) charges regulatory fees, which are presently $0.02 per contract. Is it true that you need $25,000 to trade futures? Size of […]

You can now select a “continuous” futures contract when importing futures market data to TWS, which is a series of monthly/quarterly contracts spliced together. If you have the functionality enabled in Global Configuration, when a futures contract ends, the system will automatically add the new lead month futures contract and remove the expired contract. It

You can set the [Take Profit] and [Stop Loss] orders at the same time when establishing a Limit Order. Enter the order price and size by clicking [Limit]. Then, in the box next to [TP/SL], select [Last Price] or [Mark Price] as the [Take Profit] and [Stop Loss] prices. When trading futures, how do you

Section 1256 of the Internal Revenue Code grants futures traders preferential tax treatment over stock dealers, resulting in a maximum total tax rate of 26.8%. Options have a far more complicated tax treatment than futures, which have long- or short-term capital gains for writers and buyers. The wash-sale regulations do not apply to futures traders,

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

A futures market is an auction market where people purchase and sell commodity and futures contracts for delivery at a later date. Futures are exchange-traded derivatives contracts that guarantee the delivery of a commodity or security in the future at a certain price. What exactly are stock market futures? Futures contracts that track a specific

Futures trading has the advantage of being able to perform trades at practically any time of day. Weekends are off for commodity and futures markets, but most futures contracts begin trading on Sunday afternoon to kick off the week. Futures include a wide range of asset classes, from agricultural commodities to energy products to stocks,

From 6:00 p.m. U.S. ET to 5:00 p.m. U.S. ET the next day, E-mini S&P 500 futures are traded on the CME Globex trading platform. The E-mini S&P 500 futures contract is traded on a quarterly basis. March, June, September, and December are all good months to trade. Do S&P futures trade around the clock?

While futures trading has its own set of hazards, there are some advantages to trading futures over stock trading. Greater leverage, reduced trading expenses, and longer trading hours are among the benefits. Is futures trading riskier than stock trading? What Are Futures and How Do They Work? Futures are no riskier than other types of

When both index futures and underlying stocks are trading at the same time, index arbitrage keeps the index futures price near to fair value. While the stock market in the United States begins at 9:30 a.m. EST and closes at 4:00 p.m. EST, index futures trade around the clock on systems such as Globex, a