Example Sentences

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The stock-market operator’s monthly statistics showed double-digit trading activity growth, with volume gains in foreign-exchange and metals derivatives partly driven by the Middle East conflict, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Heavy Treasury issuance creates distortions between government bonds and derivatives linked to them.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The construct of volatility derivatives is not showing any signs of panic either.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The CFTC, which was originally created to regulate commodities and derivatives markets, considers bets placed on prediction platforms a form of “swaps” trading.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Hockett, also in his early thirties, had spent nine years selling and then trading derivatives for Deutsche Bank in Tokyo.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis