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Dow Futures is based off the Dow 30 stock index. The Dow 30 is a price-weighted average of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ.
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- Understanding Index Futures
- Types of Index Futures
- Index Futures and Margins
- Profits and Losses from Index Futures
- Index Futures For Hedging
- Index Futures For Speculating
- Index Futures vs. Commodities Futures Contracts
- Examples of Index Futures
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An index tracks the price of an asset or a group of assets, such as equities, commodities, and currencies. A futures contractis a derivative that obligates traders to buy or sell the underlying asset on a set day at a predetermined price. Putting these together, an index future is a legal contract that obligates traders to buy or sell a contract de...
The most popular index futures are based on equities, which means investors hedge their bets on the individual index named in the contract. For instance, traders can invest in the S&P 500 index by purchasing E-mini S&P 500 futures contracts. Investors can also trade futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq 100 Index, as well as their...
Futures contracts don't require the buyer to put up the entire value of the contract when entering a trade. Instead, buyers must keep just a fraction of the contract amount in their account. This is called the initial margin. Index futures prices can fluctuate significantly until the contract expires. As such, traders must have enough money in thei...
An index futures contract states the holder agrees to purchase an index at a particular price on a specified date. Index futures typically settle quarterly in March, June, September, and December. There are usually several annual contracts as well. Equity index futures are cash-settled. This means there will be no delivery of the underlying asset a...
Portfolio managers often buy equity index futures as a hedge against potential losses. If the manager has positions in many stocks, index futures can help hedge the risk of declining stock prices by selling equity index futures. Since many stocks tend to move in the same general direction, the portfolio manager could sell or shortan index futures c...
Speculation is a sophisticated trading strategy not suited for many investors. Experienced traders tend to use index futures to speculateon the direction of an index. Instead of buying individual stocks or assets, a trader can bet on the direction of a group of assets by buying or selling index futures. For example, to replicate the S&P 500 Index, ...
By their nature, stock index futures work differently from commodity futures. The latter allow traders to buy or sell a specified amount of a commodity at an agreed-upon price on an agreed-upon date in the future. Contracts are usually exchanged for tangible goods such as cotton, soybeans, sugar, crude oil, gold, etc. Investors generally trade comm...
Let's say you decide to speculate on the S&P 500. The E-mini S&P 500 futures are priced at $50 multiplied by the index value. So, you might buy a futures contract when it's trading at 5,000 points, resulting in a contract value of $250,000 ($50 x 5,000). Because index futures don't require investors to put up the full 100%, you need only to maintai...
Index futures contracts allow investors to make trades on various indices based on their predictions about the overall price movement of the particular index. Futures contracts involve margin, meaning investors can trade much larger amounts of money than their actual available capital. Before trading futures, ensure you understand how they work and...
Type: Index Future. Market: United States. Underlying: Dow Jones. Prev. Close: 39,195.00. Open: 39,198.00. Day's Range: 39,086.00 - 39,212.00. Dow Jones 39,128.00 -67.00 -0.17%. General....
Closed 16:59:58. Day's Range. 38,584.00 38,958.00. 52 wk Range. 32,409.00 40,358.00. General. Chart. News & Analysis. Technical. Forum. Streaming Chart. Interactive Chart. Dow Jones Futures...
