Learn about futures trading, along with how contracts work, key market factors, risks, and potential benefits, and how investors use futures to hedge or speculate.

A BOBL futures contract is a standardized agreement for trading medium-term German government debt, offering insights into yields and economic comparisons.

CHICAGO, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group (CME), the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that trading in Micro WTI Crude Oil futures surpassed 50 million contracts on June ...

On April 21, 2025, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) staff issued two Requests for Comment (“RFCs”) aimed at gathering public input on emerging areas of interest in the derivatives markets ...

Silver squeeze intensifies as inventory coverage falls to 14%. Futures surge past $117 amid record physical demand.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission will draft new regulations governing the burgeoning market for so-called event ...

USL offers exposure to WTI crude oil via a rolling portfolio of twelve consecutive NYMEX futures contracts Learn more about ...

Coinbase Derivatives has officially filed with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to self-certify futures contracts for XRP, the digital asset associated with Ripple. The new ...

By late 1955, Kosuga and his business partner held about 1,000 “carlots”, each containing 600 50-pound bags of “cash” onions, vegetables ready for delivery through the spot market. That represented a ...