The regulation of futures exchanges, the prohibition on off-exchange futures trades, and the role of clearinghouses.
What is the Commodity Futures Trading Commission? Learn about the federal agency that regulates one of the largest markets in the world, the United States futures and swaps market.
The history of derivatives from Ancient Greece to the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009.
Who uses derivatives and why? What are some of the most common derivatives traded?
We start at the very basics. What are derivatives? What are they used for? Who uses them?
