Futures

  • Commodity Futures
    Learn about the different type of commodity futures contracts such as grains, livestock, energy, metals, foods, and fibers.
  • Commodity Pool Operators
    Commodity Pool Operators is the general partner responsible for overseeing a commodity pool
  • Forward Contracts
    A forward contract is an agreement for the future delivery of an asset at a predermined price and date
  • Futures Clearinghouse
    A futures clearinghouse allows one to close out positions in the futures market without having a real buyer or seller on the other side.
  • Futures Contract
    Understand what a futures contract is and learn about the key components of trading a futures contract
  • Futures Hand Signals
    Futures hand signals make the futures pit much more efficient in the midst of the chaos in the pits
  • Futures Introduction
    A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a contract sometime in the future.  Futures contracts have been around in tradable markets for hundreds of years and can date back as far as rice grain futures in Japan
  • Futures Trading Pit
    The futures trading pit is where futures contracts are traded using the open outcry system for buying and selling contracts.
  • Index Futures
    Index futures are created to replicate the performance of the underlying index that the futures contract represents. Index futures exists for many global stock markets such as the S&P500, DOW Jones Industrial Average, Russell 2000, German DAX, London's FTSE, French CAC40, and other established world markets
  • Interest Rate Futures
    An interest rate futures contract allows the buyer of the contract to lock in a future investment rate