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2. What are futures and how do they work? - AOL

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   Futures and stocks are very different from each other. A futures contract is a derivative instrument that derives its value from the price of some underlying asset such as a commodity or market index.

3. What Are Stock Futures? Your Guide - AOL

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   If you ever watch the financial news before the stock market opens for the day's trading, you may hear about movements in the "stock futures." One of the main reasons that futures prices are ...

4. 4 popular strategies for trading futures - AOL

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   Futures have similarities with options, though both have important differences to be aware of. 4 strategies for trading futures The following are core approaches to how you can trade futures.

5. Stock market index future - Wikipedia

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   Forward prices of equity indices are calculated by computing the cost of carry of holding a long position in the constituent parts of the index. This will typically be the risk-free interest rate, since the cost of investing in the equity market is the loss of interest minus the estimated dividend yield on the index, since an equity investor receives the sum of the dividends on the component ...

6. S&P 500 futures - Wikipedia

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   S&P Futures trade with a multiplier, sized to correspond to $250 per point per contract. If the S&P Futures are trading at 2,000, a single futures contract would have a market value of $500,000. For every 1 point the S&P 500 Index fluctuates, the S&P Futures contract will increase or decrease $250.

7. Futures exchange - Wikipedia

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   A futures exchange or futures market is a central financial exchange where people can trade standardized futures contracts defined by the exchange. [1] Futures contracts are derivatives contracts to buy or sell specific quantities of a commodity or financial instrument at a specified price with delivery set at a specified time in the future.

8. Understanding futures vs. options: Which is better for you? - AOL

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   Imagine stock ABC is trading for $20 per share, and you can buy a call option on it with a $20 strike price for $1, and it expires in three months. The option contract costs $100, or 1 contract ...

9. Futures contract - Wikipedia

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   For example, in gold futures trading, the margin varies between 2% and 20% depending on the volatility of the spot market. [2] A stock future is a cash-settled futures contract on the value of a particular stock market index. Stock futures are one of the high risk trading instruments in the market.