Futures are financial contracts obligating the buyer to purchase an asset or the seller to sell an asset at a predetermined ...

You can’t predict the future, but you can try to predict — or hedge against — how much certain goods will cost when they arrive. A futures contract obligates a buyer to take delivery of a good, or ...

Futures allow traders and others to wager on the price of commodities, metals, interest rates, currencies and more. They’re popular because they offer the potential for fast profits, and traders have ...

Currency futures are a fascinating financial instrument that allows traders to lock in exchange rates for currencies at a predetermined date. Unlike the often unpredictable nature of forex trading, ...

Silver futures are risky, leveraged contracts for future silver sales or purchases. Investing in silver can be done via physical silver, stocks, ETFs, or futures. Silver futures offer high potential ...

XRP futures allow traders to speculate on the price of XRP without owning the asset, using contracts that settle in cash or XRP. With Coinbase’s standard (10,000 XRP) and nano (500 XRP) contracts ...

Perpetual futures are the backbone of modern decentralized derivatives trading. This article explains their full mechanics - how smart contracts manage leverage, how funding rates maintain price ...

This is part 2 of a multi-part series where we deep dive into the nuances of Index Returns. This paper will provide an overview of the mechanisms of equity futures, the purpose of the equity index ...