In the Michael Lewis book The Big Short, investors Michael Burry, Steve Eisman, and Greg Lippman all foresaw the collapse of the US housing market and decided they needed a way to capitalize on it.

Derivatives are financial contracts. Their value comes from an underlying asset. The asset can be a stock, index, commodity or currency. Traders do not buy the asset directly. They trade on expected ...

Derivatives trading, often shrouded in financial jargon and complexity, can be intimidating for newcomers. However, it's not as baffling as it may seem. In this article, we'll break down derivatives ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA Level 1 exam holder, and currently holds a Life, ...

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The taxation of derivatives and financial products has developed in an uncoordinated and piecemeal fashion. Tax rules have largely been enacted in response to what the government has perceived as ...

The governing agreements for a wide range of transactions, from the most basic financing arrangements to the most complex derivatives trading relationships, frequently include a “cross-default” event ...

FTX.US announced this week that it will acquire LedgerX, a U.S.-licensed crypto derivatives exchange. If the deal goes through, it will pave the way for FTX.US to expand its offer and allow its ...