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For example, if silver is trading at $25/ounce, a standard futures contract would cost $125,000 ($25*5,000 troy ounces), but you might only need an initial margin deposit of $10,000 to $14,000.

Futures are derivative contracts to buy or sell an asset at a future date at an agreed-upon price. Futures contracts allow players to secure a specific price and protect against future price swings.

XRP futures started trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) derivatives platform on Monday, becoming the first ...

Conversely, holding a futures contract imposes the obligation to fulfill ... The initial margin is then applied toward the total cost of the underlying asset at the appropriate time.

To calculate the fair value futures price, the spot price of the underlying index needs to be adjusted to account for cost of carry. For these contracts, cost of carry represents the financing ...

May nat-gas prices rallied sharply on Monday. Fund short covering ahead of the May nat-gas futures contract expiration on Monday pushed nat-gas prices higher. Don’t Miss a Day: From crude ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chocolate makers have slashed their use of hedges against price rises due to the soaring cost of futures ...

The German 10-year Bund yield rose by 5 basis points to 2.616% from 2.561%, and the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury climbed by 5 basis points to 4.442% from 4.389%. Bond prices and yields move in ...