Futures magazine is a U.S. based monthly magazine about commodity futures contracts, stocks, options, derivatives and forex. Motto: (1789 to 1956) (Latin for Out of many, one) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - • President George W. Bush (R)  - • Vice... In finance, a futures contract is a standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a certain underlying instrument at a certain date in the future, at a pre-set price. ... The stocks are a device used since medieval times for public humiliation, corporal punishment, and torture. ... In finance, an option is a contract whereby the contract buyer has a right to exercise a feature of the contract (the option) at future date (the exercise date), and the writer (seller) has the obligation to honour the specified feature of the contract. ... A derivative is a financial contract whose payoffs over time are derived from the performance of assets (such as commodities, shares or bonds), interest rates, exchange rates, or indices (such as a stock market index, consumer price index (CPI) or an index of weather conditions). ... Foreign exchange has several meanings: In telecommunications, Foreign exchange service is a type of network service. ...

It was established in 1972 under the name Commodities magazine, and today covers global industry trends, prominent people, trading technology, managed funds, and fundamental and technical analysis.^[1] 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Fundamental analysis is a security or stock valuation method that uses financial and economic analysis to predict the movement of security prices such as bond prices, but more commonly stock prices. ... Technical analysis (or chartism) is the use of numerical series generated by market activity, such as price and volume, to predict future price trends. ...

A respected source of information on the futures markets, with articles on industry issues, current market developments, trading techniques and strategies and many other areas of interest to traders and risk managers. In finance, a futures contract is a standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a certain underlying instrument at a certain date in the future, at a pre-set price. ... A trader is someone who buys and sells financial instruments such as stocks, bonds and derivatives. ...

It contains Feature articles, news, analysis and strategies for derivatives traders and money managers. A derivative is a financial contract whose payoffs over time are derived from the performance of assets (such as commodities, shares or bonds), interest rates, exchange rates, or indices (such as a stock market index, consumer price index (CPI) or an index of weather conditions). ...

It is published by Adams Business Media.

Its competitors are Active Trader, Technical Analysis Of Stocks & Commodities among others.

References

1. ^ About Futures at Futures web site

External links

• Futures web site