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A financial agreement to purchase or sell an item, such as wheat, oil or Bitcoin, at a predetermined price on a given future date is known as a futures contract. These contracts are used for both risk ...

U.S. stock futures slipped on Friday as a key central bank tightened policy and as key options contracts expire. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 75 points, or 0.1%, to 46441. S&P 500 futures ...

June Nymex natural gas (NGM25) on Wednesday closed down sharply by -0.194 (-5.71%). June nat-gas prices on Wednesday gave up an early advance and sold off to a 1-week low as fund liquidation weighed ...

1455 ET – U.S. natural gas futures lose ground in a volatile session ahead of Friday’s January contract expiration and weekly storage report. A bigger-than-expected storage draw could put inventories ...

For retirees (or soon-to-be retirees), futures contracts can offer an additional avenue for diversification and hedging opportunities, helping to manage market volatility. However, there are a few ...

The ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil ETF (UCO) offers 2x daily leveraged exposure to a WTI crude oil futures index, not spot oil prices. UCO is designed for short-term traders seeking to capitalize ...

U.S. natural gas futures settle higher as the January contract goes out with a bang and deferred months advance. On the upside are colder weather in the North and West from Dec. 31 into early January, ...