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.

The primary difference between a futures contract and a commodity option contract is that a futures contract obligates a trader to buy or sell the underlying commodity. Along with this, commodity ...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket in the U.S., ...

Commodities such as grains, basic food products, metals and energy products trade through standardized contracts called futures contracts. A commodity futures contract is for the future delivery of a ...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates futures and option markets. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 ...

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

New Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig said Thursday that the agency will craft new, clear rules to govern prediction markets.

Jason Shapiro is a contrarian trader whose system does not correlate to any other strategy. Shapiro told us his contrarian approach, including the indicators he uses to identify consensus. He also ...

Acquire the license to sell or supervise managed futures and commodity pools. Learn about exam structure, requirements, and ...