Futures

In theory, oil futures contracts are straightforward. They keep the time-honored practice of certain market participants selling risk to others who willingly buy it in the expectation of profiting. To put it another way, buyers and sellers agree on a price for oil (or soybeans, or gold) that will be traded at some point in […]

Lumber futures contracts are traded electronically through Schwab and are offered by CME on the Globex trading platform. To trade lumber futures, you’ll need a futures account that has been approved. What is the price of lumber futures? One tick costs $0.10 per MBF in timber (one thousand board feet). The high and low prices

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

Length at Random Lumber futures contracts (LB) are traded in 2 x 4s of various lengths ranging from 8 to 20 feet. The Chicago Mercantile Market (CME), the first exchange to offer price protection to the forest products industry, trades lumber futures. Western Spruce-Pine-Fir is the primary deliverable species, and mills must be located in

CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) (Since 2007 a Designated Contract Market owned by the CME Group) The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME / GLOBEX) is a stock exchange based in Chicago, Illinois (Since 2007 a Designated Contract Market owned by the CME Group) The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (COMEX) are

Because all trades must be made with funds that are available at the moment of the transaction, cash brokerage accounts get their name. Do you want to invest in a stock? You’ll have to pay for it before the trade can be completed. Many brokers go it a step further and demand that you have

You can invest in oil commodities in a variety of ways. Oil can also be purchased by the barrel. Crude oil is traded as light sweet crude oil futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange and other commodities markets across the world. Futures contracts are agreements to provide a specific quantity of a commodity

You’ll need a margin-approved brokerage account with access to options and futures trading to trade options. The CME (CME) and the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), where options and futures are traded, provide quotes for options on futures. Quotes are also available through options brokers’ trading platforms. Which app is best for trading futures and

An equity futures contract is a sort of derivative in which participants agree to trade shares of a specific company at a defined price and date in the future. The contract’s pricing is mostly decided by the underlying stock’s spot price. In contrast to options contracts, both the buyer and the seller are bound by

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