Futures contracts are agreements to buy or sell a specific underlying asset, such as a commodity or a stock, at a predetermined future price and date. Investors use futures contracts – futures for ...

In futures trading, success can bring you significant profits, but mistakes can be costly. Different types of futures contracts have distinctive features, though they are always an agreement to buy or ...

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 ...

Section 1256 contracts include certain regulated futures contracts, foreign currency contracts and non-equity options. These contracts receive a unique tax treatment under the IRS code and are subject ...

To address the currency exchange risk faced by Brazilian market participants, S&P Dow Jones Indices launched the S&P 500 Futures Quanto USD-BRL Currency Adjusted Index (S&P 500 Futures Quanto USD-BRL ...

BM&FBOVESPA has unveiled eight new currency futures contracts, Mondovisione reports. The contracts consist of two mini contracts and six contracts for currencies that are new for the Brazilian ...

Kraken continues expanding product offerings beyond cryptocurrencies in a bid to become a one-stop shop for online market trading. Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken introduced foreign exchange (forex) ...

Foreign currency contracts subject to the Sec. 1256 mark-to-market rules would be defined as only including forward contracts, under proposed regulations the IRS and Treasury issued Tuesday ...