Futures contracts are agreements to buy or sell a specific underlying asset, such as a commodity or a stock, at a predetermined future price and date. Investors use futures contracts – futures for ...

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In futures trading, success can bring you significant profits, but mistakes can be costly. Different types of futures contracts have distinctive features, though they are always an agreement to buy or ...

Section 1256 contracts include certain regulated futures contracts, foreign currency contracts and non-equity options. These contracts receive a unique tax treatment under the IRS code and are subject ...

Foreign currency contracts subject to the Sec. 1256 mark-to-market rules would be defined as only including forward contracts, under proposed regulations the IRS and Treasury issued Tuesday ...

BM&FBOVESPA has unveiled eight new currency futures contracts, Mondovisione reports. The contracts consist of two mini contracts and six contracts for currencies that are new for the Brazilian ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Simplify Asset Management (“Simplify”), a leading provider of Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”), today introduced the Simplify Currency Strategy ETF (FOXY), an actively managed ...

To address the currency exchange risk faced by Brazilian market participants, S&P Dow Jones Indices launched the S&P 500 Futures Quanto USD-BRL Currency Adjusted Index (S&P 500 Futures Quanto USD-BRL ...

Kraken continues expanding product offerings beyond cryptocurrencies in a bid to become a one-stop shop for online market trading. Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken introduced foreign exchange (forex) ...

The investment seeks long term capital appreciation. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). The adviser seeks to fulfil the fund’s investment objective by investing primarily in ...