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One of the big advantages of trading in the futures markets is its increased liquidity and simplicity, especially compared to operating directly in some of the commodity markets. As a result, many ...

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Margin lets investors use debt to gain a greater exposure to underlying assets. Margin can be used with trading stocks, cryptocurrency, options, ETFs and futures. Margin is like many types of debts ...

Futures and options strategies for the investor may be foreign territory at the beginning of the process, but those strategies come into clearer focus if there’s a plan in mind. Financial advisers are ...

Index futures, also referred to as stock index futures or equity index futures, are futures contracts where the buyer and seller agree to buy or sell a stock index at a future price and date. Index ...

Among the complications in trading bitcoin future contracts that launch this Sunday: People speculating on the cryptocurrency will need to put more cash on the table. Options Clearing Corp. has set ...

Clear Street, a cloud-native financial technology firm on a mission to modernize the brokerage ecosystem, announced the roll out of OCC Cross-Margin capabilities, allowing futures and options traders ...

Margin trading is a strategy that allows investors to buy more assets without using their own funds and borrowing funds from a broker instead. Margin trading in cryptocurrency markets is no different ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's financial futures exchange said on Friday it would adjust margin policies on stock index futures to reduce trading costs. The China Financial Futures Exchange said that ...

Charles Schwab has launched futures and forex trading, as well as portfolio margin, on its thinkorswim platform suite, part of Schwab’s overall trading offer, Schwab Trading Powered by Ameritrade. The ...