Most Chicagoans remember the time when the city’s famed exchanges each day featured manic hordes of traders yelling and frantically signaling as futures contracts for commodities and financial ...

SILVER LAKE, Kan. l The world’s most famous and busiest commodity trading pits in Chicago and New York will close later this year, per an announcement from the CME Group earlier last week. For over ...

End of Era: Trading Pits Close The commodities futures pits in Chicago and New York where thousands of traders used to use hand signals to buy and sell everything from pork bellies to grains closed ...

Learn the steps to calculate notional value for futures contracts and why it's pivotal in evaluating risks and managing your ...

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 ...