The upside, however, is that if the S&P 500 Index (or whichever asset you buy futures in) climbs, your gains will be multiplied, thanks to the leverage afforded by futures contracts. A 0.5% climb ...

making them easier to buy and more affordable. Wall Street firms and other large investors have long enjoyed the ability to manage portfolio risk with futures and E-mini futures contracts.

When index futures prices deviate too far from fair value, arbitrageurs deploy buy and sell programs in the stock market to profit from the difference. Although index futures are closely ...

The price of natural gas futures has been on the rise since August last year. The continuous futures contract of the energy commodity on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) rebounded on the back of ...