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>>17424294
>wtf is all this futures shit? don't futures represent the total number of options being traded? could just be a high volume of puts, no?
Index futures is what everybody is talking about, specifically the Dow Jones, the Nasdaq, and the S&P. For all practical purposes buying into index futures is functionally equivalent to buying an index ETF like SPY or QQQ. One of the main differences is futures trades overnight so people look to them as a possible indicator to where the market might resume the next day. If futures pump then maybe the market gaps up on open and vice versa. It sometimes works out that way