Learn about futures trading, along with how contracts work, key market factors, risks, and potential benefits, and how investors use futures to hedge or speculate.

Explore the origins of options contracts, from rice traders in ancient times to today's financial markets. Understand their ...

Budget 2026 has increased Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on futures and options trading to curb excessive retail speculation. Effective April 1, 2026, STT rates on options will rise by up to 50%, ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a major increase in the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on Futures and Options ...

WESTLAKE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charles Schwab, a leader in retail investing and trading, today announced the launch of futures and forex trading, as well as portfolio margin, on its thinkorswim ...

Broadridge creates a platform delivering competitive advantages for the Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) community through the introduction of innovative and disruptive technologies The platform ...

Union Budget 2026 raised securities transaction tax on futures and options, increasing trading costs across India’s ...

Washington, DC — FIA today released statistics on the number of futures and options traded on exchanges worldwide in 2023. The total volume of trading reached 137.3 billion contracts in 2023, up 64% ...

--Brent crude oil is flat at $62.88 a barrel. --European benchmark gas is down 1.1% to 28.87 euros a megawatt-hour. --Gold futures are up 0.7% to $4,230.50 a troy ounce. --LME three-month copper ...

It means that for every Rs one lakh worth of futures sold, traders will now have to pay Rs 50 in STT, instead of the previous ...

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