An increase in analysis tools has helped democratize the process for options trading.

Futures markets have always been one way for producers to mitigate risk, but livestock options have seen a surge in volume and open interest in recent years.

  On October 15, 2014, CME Group’s overall volume set a new daily record of more than 39 million contracts….

  The S&P 500 reached 53 new record highs in 2014. The continued patience from the Fed on raising rates…

  Options trading is growing rapidly, and for good reason.  We are seeing seismic shifts in volatility potential coming from…

  Heading into the last trading day of the year, options will be a key factor. Lots of them may…

  As Japan continues along with “Abenomics” and a full turnaround of its economy, concerns have emerged that the country…

  There have been some significant trends and issues that FX markets have been watching this past year. Abenomics was…

  In June, the Dow and S&P 500 had their worst days of the year, dropping over 2.5 percent after…

  There’s good news – for most of the eastern corn belts the drought is over. Then there’s bad news…

  While times are changing and options trading is becoming more automated, the lion’s share of options trading by most…

Long the mainstay of the pit, the trading of options electronically is growing due to better technology and greater demand for efficiency.