Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Index futures are futures contracts where the underlying asset is a stock index. These financial derivatives allow investors to buy or sell the future value of a stock index at a predetermined price ...

Options on futures are a kind of contract that gives an investor the right to buy or sell futures at a specific price in a specific period. Options on futures, therefore, layer the "optionality" of ...

You have almost certainly heard some fictional character wheel and deal over “futures.” You’ve probably heard the phrase “corner the market” or “invest in pork bellies” too. The (quite funny) Eddie ...

The "spot price" is the current price of an asset with payment being immediate and the buyer taking delivery immediately or within a few days. Spot price is determined by supply and demand and most ...

Index futures, also referred to as stock index futures or equity index futures, are futures contracts where the buyer and seller agree to buy or sell a stock index at a future price and date. Index ...