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Inflation and recessions are both recurring phases of a continuous economic cycle. Inflation occurs when prices rise as a result of too much money being in circulation due to a lack of goods and services to spend it on. When prices reach a point that is higher than people can, or-will- pay, the demand decreases and this is where the downturn in the economic cycle begins.
Options on currencies, Treasury bills, notes and bonds, stocks and bonds indexes, and futures contracts are currently being traded. Since they are derivatives of actual investments, they can be difficult for individuals to understand and use profitably. The fact is that options traders loose money 60% of the time. These types of options are appealing to traders that want to protect their investments against major swings in market prices, or speculate on the markets movements.