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

Futures and options are types of financial derivatives that provide the right to buy or sell other securities, such as stocks, bonds and commodities. They’re called derivatives because the price of ...

Cotton futures are triple digits lower this morning, down 131 to 198 points. A sharply stronger US Dollar Index may be impairing export sales. July cotton options expired on Friday, with futures ...

Live cattle futures are mostly lower this morning, down 30 to 57 cents. Nearby June is the exception (+20 cents), with June options expiring today and futures deliveries unlikely next week given the ...

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 ...

*Trading volume should be huge today, as this is a quarterly futures/options expiration day. *Nike is down big following its earnings report; FedEx and KB Home are also weak. *President Trump said Fed ...

July corn futures are marginally lower in the early morning trade, with July options expiration tomorrow at the close. As mentioned earlier in the week, there is a lot of open interest at the 450 ...

Futures and options on the Cboe Volatility Index, the options-derived measure of expected volatility on the S&P 500, expire on Wednesday. That's often proved to be an "inflection" point for the stock ...

NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Friday's monthly options expiration is ‌likely to expose U.S. stocks to greater swings in ‌either direction in coming days, potentially boosting market volatility from ...