However, many futures contracts are closed well before the expiration date. Stock index futures, such as the S&P 500 E-mini Futures (ES), reflect expectations about the price of a stock index at a ...

Also known as perpetuals and perpetual swaps, perpetual futures are derivative contracts allowing traders to make speculative investments in the future price of an asset with no expiration date.

Options differ from futures because an option buyer is ... refers to publicly traded options contracts with expiration dates that are longer than one year, and typically up to three years from ...

1455 ET – U.S. natural gas futures lose ground in a volatile session ahead of Friday’s January contract expiration and weekly storage report. A bigger-than-expected storage draw could put ...

1450 ET – U.S. natural gas futures are mixed with the January ... is down 1% at $2.678/mmBtu ahead of today’s expiration. The February contract is up 0.8% at $3.345/mmBtu.

Oil futures are financial contracts that allow participants to buy or sell a specific quantity of oil at a predetermined price on a future date. These contracts serve as an agreement between the ...

A futures contract obligates its buyer to purchase ... buy or sell a security like a stock on or before a specified expiration date at a particular strike price. Unlike options contracts ...

In a significant move, Binance Futures ... The perpetual contract format allows traders to hold positions indefinitely without expiration dates, providing flexibility for short-term and long ...