Futures so bright

Investopedia provide the following definition
Futures are financial contracts obligating the buyer to purchase an asset or the seller to sell an asset, such as a physical commodity or a financial instrument, at a predetermined future date and price.

BarChart list the 'most active Futures (Ranks futures contracts by the highest Daily Contract Volume)'

Name	Contract	Last	Change	Percent	Volume	Time
S&P 500 E-Mini	ESZ16 (Dec '16)	2,127.00	+0.75	+0.04%	1,834,488	10/14/16
10-Year T-Note	ZNZ16 (Dec '16)	129-265	-0-115	-0.28%	1,190,382	10/14/16
5-Year T-Note	ZFZ16 (Dec '16)	120-265	-0-035	-0.09%	590,584	10/14/16
Crude Oil WTI	CLX16 (Nov '16)	50.32	-0.12	-0.24%	495,642	10/14/16
Crude Oil WTI	CLZ16 (Dec '16)	50.74	-0.11	-0.22%	335,838	10/14/16
T-Bond	ZBZ16 (Dec '16)	163-04	-1-27	-1.12%	293,944	10/14/16
2-Year T-Note	ZTZ16 (Dec '16)	109-012	+0-002	+0.01%	262,372	10/14/16
Corn	ZCZ16 (Dec '16)	354-2	+4-6	+1.36%	260,828	10/14/16
Eurodollar	GEZ16 (Dec '16)	99.0650	+0.0050	+0.01%	250,508	10/14/16
Nasdaq 100 E-Mini	NQZ16 (Dec '16)	4,804.25	+8.25	+0.17%	234,803	10/14/16

Today's performance leaders (Tuesday 18 October 2016)

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New Zealand Dollar	+1.03%
Crude Oil Brent	+0.85%
ULSD NY Harbor	+0.85%
Mexican Peso	+0.84%
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