Futures

You could buy something now and save it for later if you know you’ll need it in the future but it’s on sale for a reasonable price. Another option is to utilize a futures contract. A futures contract is a contract in which the buyer and seller agree ahead of time on the price, quantity, […]

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 p.m. Eastern. When do S&P futures begin trading? E-mini S&P 500 futures trade on the CME Globex trading platform from 6:00 p.m. U.S. ET through 5:00 p.m. U.S. ET the

Financial futures, or NASDAQ futures, were first introduced on June 21, 1999. It is financial contract futures that allow an investor to hedge or speculate on the future value of several NASDAQ market index components. The E-mini NASDAQ composite futures, the E-mini NASDAQ biology futures, the NASDAQ-100 futures, and the E-mini NASDAQ-100 futures are all

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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

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is the source of all Dow-derived future contracts (CME). They are traded on the CME Globex market nearly 24 hours a day, from Sunday afternoon to Friday afternoon, and they expire quarterly (March, June, September, and December). The minimum tick in the E-mini Dow futures (ticker: YM) contract is 1 index

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 does the futures market start trading? Stock index futures, such as the S&P 500 E-mini Futures (ES), reflect expectations for a stock

You’re not going to the store and buying a couple thousand 55-gallon barrels of crude oil to store in your backyard, are you? That’s just not feasible. Crude oil futures contracts were created to allow oil corporations and companies that consume a lot of oil to plan delivery of the commodity at a set price

How do you get started with Futures? Open a trading account with a broker who specializes in the markets you want to trade. A futures broker will most likely inquire about your investment experience, income, and net worth. These questions are meant to help you figure out how much risk your broker will let you

Most people who follow the financial markets are aware that events in Asia and Europe can have an impact on the US market. How many times have you awoken to CNBC or Bloomberg reporting that European markets are down 2%, that futures are pointing to a weaker open, and that markets are trading below fair