Jonathan Hoenig: A ban on onion futures from the 1950s shows how foolish trading bans can be.
Jack Hough: Needlessly nerdy financial words only confuse us, cost us money.
Simple put and call options were once seen as nefarious as swaps.
Yes, you can trade the weather -- rather easily, in fact.
James Stewart: Selling put options is a good way to raise cash right now.
Jim Stewart: Options, bonds offer similar terms to Warren Buffett's.
Long-dated call options offer a cheap way to bet on a market recovery.
Options backdating is the latest scandal to hit corporate America. And it's a big one.
They're risky and complicated. But in the right hands, futures can be traded for huge profits.
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