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Robinhood launches contracts to wager on presidential election

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85% Informative

Event derivatives trading allows investors to buy and sell contracts to speculate on how certain events will play out.

The election is just over a week away.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission tried to block election-outcome trading.

The CFTC is appealing that ruling, which involved the trading platform Kalshi .

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87

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87

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63

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formal

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English

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62

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short-lived

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