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US stock futures gained on Thursday, as investors continued to celebrate a dovish shift by the Federal Reserve that helped propel the Dow to a new all-time closing high. Futures on the Dow Jones ...
The result is that a trader who believed the market would rally could simply acquire Dow Futures and make a huge amount of profit as a result of the leverage factor; if the market were to rise to 14,000, for instance, from the current 10,000, each Dow Futures contract would gain $20,000 in value (4,000 point rise x 5 leverage factor = $20,000). [5]
That could actually accelerate or extend some of the bull market action." — 4:01 p.m. ET: Dow rises more than 270 points; S&P 500 hits record at market close ... Stock futures extend gains ...
However, as a whole throughout the Great Depression, the Dow posted some of its worst performances, for a negative return during most of the 1930s for new and old stock market investors. For the decade, the Dow Jones average was down from 248.48 at the beginning of 1930, to a stable level of 150.24 at the end of 1939, a loss of about 40%. [49]
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite each closed down nearly 1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 190 points, or 0.6%. All three indexes saw losses accelerate in the final hour of trading.
S&P Futures trade with a multiplier, sized to correspond to $250 per point per contract. If the S&P Futures are trading at 2,000, a single futures contract would have a market value of $500,000. For every 1 point the S&P 500 Index fluctuates, the S&P Futures contract will increase or decrease $250.