Discover how options and futures differ in the financial market, focusing on obligations, trading hours, and their roles for investors and institutions.

Stock futures and options trading reopened fully at 8:30 a.m. ET. Globex futures and options markets, foreign exchange platform EBS markets and BMD markets were all impacted, the Chicago Mercantile ...

Futures trading used to be reserved for institutions and professional traders; after all, it's known for being fast-paced, complicated and hard to access. But times are changing, and that's no longer ...

US stock futures traded in the mixed territory on Thursday, with Dow futures slipping in red, while futures tied to Nasdaq and S&P 500 rallied amid optimism over potential Federal Reserve rate cuts.

U.S. stock futures edged higher early Monday as investors weighed signs of progress on U.S.-EU trade discussions and prepared for heavyweight earnings from Alphabet and Tesla. The opening tone was ...

Trading of these contracts began on 10 September 2025 and follows a growing demand for futures products in the EU bond market in recent years. Eurex has launched EU-bond futures in a bid to address ...

Single-stock futures (SSFs) are largely absent from conversations about modern trading strategies. That could change in 2026. After more than two decades in the market, SSFs aren’t new, but the ...

Silver futures trading involves an agreement between a buyer and a seller in which physical silver will be bought by the buyer and delivered by the seller for a fixed price at a date set in the future ...

Learn about the witching hour, the final trading hour on expiration days for options and futures, a period marked by increased market volatility and high trading volumes.