Home Guides & Resources chevron_right Economy and the Markets Liz Laprade: The First Bitcoin Futures ETF Published October 19, 2021 The first bitcoin ETFA type of security which allows investors to indirectly invest in an underlying basket of financial instruments (these may include stocks, bonds, commodities or other types of instruments). Shares in an ETF are publicly traded on an exchange, and the price of an ETF’s shares will fluctuate throughout the trading day (traditional mutual funds trade only once a day). For example, one popular ETF tracks the companies in the S&P 500, so buying a share of the ETF gets an investor exposure to all 500 companies in the index. hit the market today. In Today’s Market Takeaways, Research Analyst Liz Laprade explains how it works. Tags: video