Using Futures to Hedge: Strategies for Risk Management

Discover how futures contracts can hedge against market risks, protect investments, and stabilize portfolios with effective ...

Futures Trading: What It Is, How It Works, Factors, and Pros & Cons

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

SCO: Understanding The Structure And Suitability Of This Inverse 2x Leveraged ETF

Discover how the SCO ETF offers leveraged short exposure to WTI crude oil. Learn why it's for short-term traders only.
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Pros and Cons of Hedging Grain With Futures Vs. Hedge-to-Arrive Contracts

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 ...
Oil

CFTC: Short positions in US crude futures held by producers, merchants at 9-year high

According to data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), short positions in West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures contracts held by producers or merchants totaled more than ...
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XRP Futures: What They Are and How They Work

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 ...
Financial Advisor

Protecting A Bond Portfolio With Futures Contracts

Current news releases related to fixed-income investments are filled with predictions that the 30-year bull market for bonds has ended. Bill Gross of Pimco has recently announced that he has no ...
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Guide to the Put-Call Parity

One of the most important principles in options trading is known as put-call parity. The term describes a functional equivalence between a put option and a call option for the same asset, over the ...