If you watched oil prices this week, you saw futures in action: the August WTI crude contract spiked to $91.62 per barrel on Thursday, then sank to an intraday low of $84.30 as headlines about a ...

Weather futures are financial contracts that allow investors and businesses to hedge against unexpected weather conditions. These futures are typically linked to measurable weather events, such as ...

Trade stock futures with Interactive Brokers and gain access to 150 global markets. Stock traders aim to profit from stock price fluctuations. Depending on the market’s volatility and a trader’s ...

A beginner’s guide to how futures work, including contract mechanics, leverage and margin, equity index futures, market data, and options on futures. Futures trading is a critical component of the ...

Futures allow traders and others to wager on the price of commodities, metals, interest rates, currencies and more. They're popular because they offer the potential for fast profits, and traders have ...

You can't predict the future, but you can try to predict — or hedge against — how much certain goods will cost when they arrive. A futures contract obligates a buyer to take delivery of a good, or ...