Competition between the dominant futures exchange and the major securities exchanges is driven by two new factors -- the death of LIBOR and the competitive insignificance of trade matching. The death ...

A Tabb Group report finds that nearly 90 percent of all US buy-side firms are expected to route their futures trades through electronic channels in 2012. Electronic trading technology provider ...

Gold futures rallied Wednesday afternoon in electronic trading, after ending the regular trading session with a modest gain. Prices for the precious metal got a boost as the U.S. dollar weakened in ...

Trading in the futures market requires expertise and a significant tolerance for risk. A loss mirrors every gain and although profitability is achievable, consistent success depends on using effective ...

As a former commodities trader, Kent Horsacker says he’d embrace an electronic exchange for indexed corn and soybean futures and options “in a heartbeat.” So far, however, not a lot of other people ...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Metals futures continued to move lower in electronic trading on Thursday. March copper fell over 2% to 2.5940 cents a pound, gold futures eased $1.10 at $628.70 an ounce and ...

Futures volumes are at historic high levels driven partially by the growth in passive investment strategies like ETFs. Traders use futures to balance cash exposure whilst trading individual lines of a ...

BOCA RATON, Fla.--Futures looks to be the next great frontier to be conquered by electronic trading, if the announcements made by two Chicago exchanges to attendees of the annual meeting of the ...

Discover how options and futures differ in the financial market, focusing on obligations, trading hours, and their roles for ...

Trading in all contracts on the London Metal Exchange has resumed after being halted earlier in the day Monday, with the ...

Deciding whether to invest in futures or stocks requires knowledge about both products and extensive research. Both investment instruments offer the potential for reasonable rewards, but they are ...