Ben is the former Retirement and Investing Editor for Forbes Advisor. With two decades of business and finance journalism experience, Ben has covered breaking market news, written on equity markets ...

Discover what an opening transaction is and how it establishes positions in options and derivatives markets. Learn about buying to open, selling to open, and more.

Derivatives are a form of investment that depend on changes in a particular financial instrument. They are typically characterized by contractual obligations between two parties with opposing ideas of ...

Successful participation in derivatives begins with understanding the structure that supports market activity. Traders who ...