Futures, Index Options and Prediction Markets: The Year-End Tax Rule That Catches Traders Off Guard

A futures trader who holds a position open on December 31 can owe taxes on thousands of dollars she never collected, and most ...
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Trade futures or S&P 500 index options? The IRS treats 60% of your gains as long-term, even on a day trade

Quick ReadSection 1256 taxes 60% of futures and broad-based index option gains as long-term, even on same-day trades, ...

The Tax Break Called ‘Section 1256’ Covers Futures and S&P 500 Options. It Never Mentions Kalshi or Polymarket

Traders who enjoy the 60/40 tax break on futures and S&P 500 index options are eyeing their Kalshi and Polymarket profits and ...

Serial Option: What It Is, How It Works, Example

A serial option is a short-term option on a futures contract that trades for the months when the underlying futures contract ...

Contract Market: What It is, How It Works, History

Contract market, or designated contract market, is a registered exchange where commodities and option contracts are traded.
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Cboe compares Bitcoin perpetual futures with 0DTE options on risk

Cboe's new paper compares Bitcoin perpetual futures with 0DTE options, finding 92% of SPX 0DTE trades use defined-risk ...
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CME Group Is Launching Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX Futures Contracts on July 27. Here's the Investment Case.

Simply put, like stock options, single-stock futures contracts are highly leveraged bets on that stock's price movement within a particular time frame. CME's futures will magnify SpaceX's and Tesla's ...

[2026-10-30] Decoding Nikkei 225 Futures and Options Trading Patterns

High: 64,589 yen; Low: 62,711 yen. The max pain for the current month is 67,000 yen. The P/C ratio is 2.166. The total open ...