Its 6, 739 members own or lease seats that give them the right to trade futures contracts and options on futures contracts ( Click here or definitions).

FORBES: Up From the Pits

Its 6, 739 members own or lease seats that give them the right to trade futures contracts and options on futures contracts (for definitions, see box, p. 68).

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After significantly building up their net-long positions in gold futures and options contracts on Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange in the past three weeks, speculators completely eliminated those recently established long positions in the latest count of speculative activity from Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

FORBES: Funds Shed Gold Positions, Bolster PGM Futures, Options - CFTC

The data reflects positioning as of April 16 for futures and options contracts traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange and on the Nymex.

FORBES: FOCUS: Mixed Speculative Activity Seen In CFTC Data Following Metals Price Break

Last week, UK Finance Minister George Osborne said he opposed a Tobin-style tax on derivatives such as forex contracts, options and futures, unless they were applied globally.

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Energy futures and options volume averaged 257, 000 contracts on the Nymex in the second quarter, compared with 537, 000 in the same period last year.

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