that the futures contracts, the call futures options and the put futures options can be matched within a one … opportunities is very limited due to the small trading volumes of the futures and options contracts. Thus, we conclude that there is … no strong evidence against the arbitrage efficiency between the SPI index futures and options markets in Australia …

Using futures data for the period 1990 - 2008, this paper finds evidence that expansionary monetary policy surprises … across different commodities and commodity groups. The results also suggest that the positions of futures traders for the …

-sharing between speculators and hedgers, and the price stability of 20 commodity futures markets. We find that margin increases … certain markets. The regulator should set margins by taking the heterogeneity of commodity futures markets into account …

Prediction Markets, sometimes referred to as "information markets", "idea futures" or "event futures", are markets …

&P500 futures have experienced increasing volatility persistence to shocks over the 1990s. In all remaining markets, hedgers … most futures returns in the 29 US markets were leptokurtic …

Futures markets are known to be vulnerable to manipulation, and despite the presence of a variety of mechanisms to … prevent such manipulation, instances of market manipulation have been found in some of the largest and most liquid futures … 2012) of the settlement price of cash settled single stock futures based on high frequency circular trading. As is well …

speculates by forecasting futures price changes. The selective hedges we consider use different forecasts that range from the …