Discover how options and futures differ in the financial market, focusing on obligations, trading hours, and their roles for investors and institutions.

Robinhood Markets, Inc. HOOD reported a year-over-year increase in equity and options Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) for February 2026. Equity DARTs were 2.6 million in the reported month, up 8% ...

Robinhood Markets equity and options trading volumes on its platforms in February dropped from January, while crypto trading ...

Historically, options contracts have been a niche market occupied by professional investors. All that changed in recent years with the rise of no-fee online brokers. Now, retail investors trade ...

In just five years, India has gone from being a small player in the market for equity derivatives to the world’s largest. Around $5.5 trillion of these highly speculative instruments are now traded in ...

As part of the move, Andrew Arnold has joined from Credit Suisse as a senior execution trader, high touch, while Jason Lichten has been appointed senior execution trader, low touch. Both are focused ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Exchange operator Cboe Global Markets Inc. is seeking to ...

Allstate exhibits a persistent $170-$210 trading range, making it ideal for systematic options strategies rather than pure equity upside. ALL’s strong earnings, robust capital returns, and improving ...

Equity DARTs in October were 3.1 million, which increased 55% from October 2024 and 3.3% from September 2025. Options DARTs rose 55.6% year over year and 7.7% sequentially to 1.4 million. Crypto DARTs ...