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This article was written by David Mullen, Product Manager for Core Fixed-Income Analytics, and Fateen Sharaby, Business Manager for Index-Linked Products at Bloomberg. Credit futures, which started ...

For retirees (or soon-to-be retirees), futures contracts can offer an additional avenue for diversification and hedging opportunities, helping to manage market volatility. However, there are a few ...

One of the big advantages of trading in the futures markets is its increased liquidity and simplicity, especially compared to operating directly in some of the commodity markets. As a result, many ...

To trade futures on Interactive Brokers, you must have at least $110,000 in a portfolio margin account with different margin requirements based on the account type and time of day. Interactive Brokers ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Yarilet Perez ...

Margin trading is a strategy that allows investors to buy more assets without using their own funds and borrowing funds from a broker instead. Margin trading in cryptocurrency markets is no different ...