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

Discover how equity derivatives work, their uses in hedging and speculation, and see examples of these financial instruments like options and futures.

Hedge funds thrive off volatility, but for the average investor, it can be a daunting task to manage market fluctuations without the assistance of hedging strategies that these funds employ.

With time, businesses have largely become more sophisticated in using hedging as a strategy. Individual businesses can take different approaches to hedging depending on a number of factors. The Fast ...

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 ...

Crypto’s biggest monthly drop since 2022 deepens as spot outflows, forced futures selling and dealer hedging amplify volatility Bitcoin tumbled further into volatile territory on Friday, slipping as ...

Traders of interest-rate options are harboring the same doubts as Wall Street strategists when it comes to bets that the Federal Reserve will pivot to interest-rate cuts within months. In the past ...

Investors are seeking S&P 500 downside protection as rate cuts shift focus to growth concerns. Hedging strategies include options contracts, indicating the smart money is bracing for volatility. S&P ...

Hedge funds have dumped the equivalent of 201 million barrels of oil over the past several weeks. The selloff in petroleum-related options and futures is being fueled by growing recession fears. The ...

Brazil’s weather caused some excitement in the soybean market this week. One day forecasts showed no rain, and the next it did. Until late January, farmers should expect South America’s weather ...

The crypto market has come back to life this year, with bitcoin [BTC] doubling in value, supposedly on the back of haven demand, spot ETF excitement in the U.S. and dovish Federal Reserve expectations ...