How it works
Marked-to-market daily with leverage and margin requirements.
Typical use: Hedging and advanced macro/commodity exposure.
How money is made/lost: Contract price movements.
Futures
Standardized contracts to buy/sell assets at future dates, often with margin.
Difficulty and risk
Complexity: Advanced
Beginner friendliness: Not beginner-friendly
Risk level: Very High
High-risk warning: Futures are leveraged and can create losses larger than initial margin.
Return drivers and key risks
- • Underlying spot/future curve
- • Rates
- • Carry/roll dynamics
- • Leverage amplification
- • Margin calls
- • Gap risk
Costs, fees, and Ghanaian considerations
- • Exchange + broker fees
- • Spread/slippage
- • Treat as advanced topic; simulation-first learning strongly advised.
Tax and source notes
- • Complex and jurisdiction-dependent
Data status: Taxonomy only; live global market feed not connected in Foundation v1.
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