Investors who still track and favor the Dow can trade the value of the index Headline writers love describing the daily movement of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in melodramatic terms. Classics like “Dow surges 600 Points” and “Dow tumbles more than 1,000” dominate newspaper financial pages, scroll across the screen on cable news or … Continued
Options on futures contracts offer possible tax advantages and precise definition of risk While stock market downfalls and soaring interest rates have dominated the financial headlines in 2022, it’s also been quite a year for the currency markets. The U.S. dollar saw a relentless rally as capital fled other currencies around the world into the … Continued
Investors can express bullish or bearish opinions on cryptocurrencies by trading the CME’s affordable (and more secure) micro futures contracts The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has for decades provided institutional investors and hedgers access to two-sided, leveraged products for markets underserved by other asset classes. These markets include currencies, metals (both precious and industrial), and … Continued
Trading in stocks and options during 2020 broke all-time volume records, and early data in 2021 suggests trading activity hasn’t peaked yet. 2020 was a historic year in terms of stock trading volumes on U.S. exchanges. Not surprisingly, options markets also experienced record-breaking growth. Interestingly, early data from the first few weeks of January suggests … Continued
Global interest in the financial markets increased substantially in 2020, pushing trading volumes to record heights. One unexpected positive in 2020 has been a sharp increase in trading volume across the spectrum of the international markets. Globally, trading in futures and options increased 32% in the first half of 2020, compared with last year, according … Continued