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Futures trading is skyrocketing – CME's E-mini contracts averaged 3.5 million contracts a day in 2008, a 37 percent yearly increase in volume, while equity volume increased only 2 percent for the same period of time. [8] However studies reveal that hedging strategies still dominate speculation trade activity in every futures market studied. [9]
Prior to the start of the season, four teams from the NBL, the Fort Wayne Pistons, Indianapolis Jets, Minneapolis Lakers and the Rochester Royals, joined the BAA. This caused a surge in talent as players such as George Mikan were now playing in the BAA. [12] With twelve teams, the league was realigned into two six-team divisions.
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.
The SEC modified the margin requirements in an attempt to lower the volatility of common stocks, stock options and the futures market. The New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange introduced the concept of a circuit breaker. The circuit breaker halts trading if the Dow declines a prescribed number of points for a prescribed ...
The U.S. stock market soared on Wednesday, delivering significant gains in the first day of trading after the presidential election. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.6%. That performance ...
The speed that market data is distributed can become critical when trading systems are based on analyzing the data before others are able to, such as in high-frequency trading. [2] Market price data is not only used in real-time to make on-the-spot decisions about buying or selling, but historical market data can also be used to project pricing ...
Meanwhile, oil prices moved up about 1.7% to come further off the five-month low hit earlier this week. West Texas Intermediate ( CL=F ) futures traded at nearly $71 a barrel, while Brent crude ...
"We had some macro news but somewhat mixed and you know we have a very strong dollar today," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York.