Learn what financial instruments are, explore major types and asset classes, and understand how they work in investing, trading, and portfolio construction.

Explore the origins of options contracts, from rice traders in ancient times to today's financial markets. Understand their ...

President Donald Trump's auto and retaliatory tariffs on key U.S. trading partners are contributing to market volatility. Trump also recently noted he will impose 25% tariffs on imports from countries ...

having suffered through a wild five years and showing barely positive returns during that period, investors are looking at alternative asset classes to boost returns and round out their portfolios.

The primary difference between a futures contract and a commodity option contract is that a futures contract obligates a trader to buy or sell the underlying commodity. Along with this, commodity ...

Trading options can be a complicated process. Information overload among the uninitiated is prevalent, as a lot of options strategies are available and traders need to evaluate all of the possible ...

Today, the CFTC Division of Market Oversight published a response to frequently asked questions regarding commodity options, including reporting obligations with respect to trade options. The response ...

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - India's cabinet cleared the way on Thursday for commodities exchanges to launch options, a move that should boost liquidity on markets that are already attracting ...

China opened its financial and commodity markets further to foreign investors on Friday, allowing qualified overseas institutions to trade broadly domestic futures and options instruments. Adds ...

SHANGHAI, Sept 2 (Reuters) - China opened its financial and commodity markets further to foreign investors on Friday, allowing qualified overseas institutions to trade broadly domestic futures and ...