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 ...

Options and futures are two investment types that can earn you a high return on investment. While options get you a contract with the “right” to buy or sell an asset, futures actually obligate you to ...

Convergence is a buzzword these days, except in derivatives. In the futures and options markets, convergence is more than a buzzword. Many exchanges see it as the future, although this has not always ...

For many individual investors, options and futures are exotic instruments. This is far from the case, once you learn the difference between the two. The truth is that with widespread availability of ...

Options and futures are both contracts to buy and sell either a stock or commodity at a specific price by a specific time. So in the broadest sense, they are similar. But if you look more closely, you ...

Futures and options have a lot of overlap — they are both leveraged vehicles with big rewards for speculators with good judgment. Is there any difference when trading futures or options in a pandemic ...

You don’t know who’s swimming naked until the tide goes out” is credited to Warren Buffett. If he didn’t say it, he should take the credit anyway. Long-time investors, even if they have lived through ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OptionMetrics, an options database and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide, releases its new IvyDB Futures database with ...

Volatility-specifically, perceived volatility-is an important factor in determining the price of options. An index that tracks changes in volatility was created by the Chicago Board Options Exchange ...