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Noun Concept

Categories: Derivatives (finance), Articles with short description, Margin policy, Futures markets

futures contract Financial future position trader bond futures commodity futures

An agreement to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a stipulated future date; the contract can be sold before the settlement date WordNet 3.0

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An agreement to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a stipulated future date; the contract can be sold before the settlement date WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In finance, a futures contract is a standardized legal contract to buy or sell something at a predetermined price for delivery at a specified time in the future, between parties not yet known to each other. Wikipedia

A tradable financial derivatives contract. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Standardized legal agreement to buy or sell something at a predetermined price at a specified time in the future Wikidata

A standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity (or financial instrument) of standardized quality at a certain date in the future, at a price (the futures price). Wiktionary

Contract traded on a futures exchange. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

derivative instrument

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London Metal Exchange

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