Oct 20, 2025 | Futures Contracts & Assets
Bitcoin’s price has made headlines for years — and so has its volatility. For everyday traders, getting exposure to bitcoin used to mean buying coins or using risky, unregulated crypto platforms. That’s changed. Today, futures contracts make it easier to trade bitcoin...
Sep 18, 2025 | Futures Contracts & Assets
Prediction markets let people speculate on the outcomes of real-world events. Whether it’s inflation, elections, interest rates, or pop culture, these markets allow users to buy and sell contracts that reflect what they think may happen. In this guide, you’ll learn...
Sep 18, 2025 | Futures Contracts & Assets
Event contracts have gone from a niche CME product to one of the fastest-growing corners of retail trading. Platforms like Kalshi and Robinhood now offer them alongside traditional futures exchanges, and total trading volume across CFTC-regulated prediction markets...
Sep 18, 2025 | Futures Contracts & Assets
Perpetual futures are one of the most popular derivatives in the crypto world. Unlike traditional futures contracts, they don’t have an expiration date, which means traders can hold their position as long as they want if they manage their margin correctly. But how do...
Sep 3, 2025 | Futures Contracts & Assets
Futures trading gives you access to some of the most active markets in the world, but not every contract sees the same level of participation. Some contracts change hands millions of times a day. Others barely register outside a handful of institutional desks. Knowing...
Sep 3, 2025 | Futures Contracts & Assets
DefinitionSpot-quoted futures (SQFs) are a new type of CME futures contract that trades directly at the spot price of the underlying market, such as an index or cryptocurrency. Futures trading has always been an important part of global markets. From commodities and...