For many individual investors, options and futures are exotic instruments. This is far from the case, once you learn the difference between the two. The truth is that with widespread availability of ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He ...

Security options, too, offer some interesting propositions for those with risk capital and, depending on the risk makeup of the strategy, can limit risk to a degree. Here’s a scenario of Microsoft ...

At first glance, options and futures seem to have a lot in common. Both vehicles give you the opportunity to bet on the future performance of an underlying asset. Plus, both options and futures are ...

Washington, DC — FIA today released statistics on the number of futures and options traded on exchanges worldwide in 2023. The total volume of trading reached 137.3 billion contracts in 2023, up 64% ...

Today, options and futures, created specifically as tools to offset price risk, are definitely becoming more mainstream, adding to the toolboxes of those with portfolios where risk is a given. However ...

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For individuals aspiring to become options traders, here are six of the best books that offer help in understanding and profiting from the options markets.

Chicago – October 9, 2024 – Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the world’s leading derivatives and securities exchange network, today announced its new Options on Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) ...

Nifty and Bank Nifty futures show bullish momentum with potential for further gains; traders advised to maintain long ...

Everyone’s heard of derivatives, options and futures, but the details of how they might save or destroy civilization are so daunting that the simple facts get lost. Let’s get down to business: A ...

CHICAGO, IL / ACCESS Newswire / September 13, 2025 / The Certified Futures & Options Analyst (CFOA) credential, administered by the International Council for Derivatives Trading (ICFDT), is gaining ...