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Futures contract

In finance, a futures contract (often just called a future) 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. The item transacted is usually a commodity or financial instrument. The predetermined price of the contract is known as…

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Overview

Origin

Risk mitigation

Margin

Expiry and final settlement

Pricing

Futures contracts and exchanges

Futures contracts users

Options on futures

Futures contract regulations

Futures versus forwards

U.S. Futures exchanges and regulators

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Futures contract

Nodes192
Edges191
Triples128
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010417
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Futures contract

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related to Final settlement · 13
Futures contract → Cash, CBOT, Day T-Bills, EFP, Exchange For Physical, Final, ICE Brent, In, Most, NYMEX, Physical, Some Treasuries, The
related to Contract · 10
Futures contract → Currency, For, Foreign, Interest, List, Perpetual, See, Single-stock, Stock, There
related to Expiry · 10
Futures contract → At, CBOT, CME, December, During, Expiry, For, Friday, March, On
related to Arbitrage arguments · 9
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related to Options on futures · 9
Futures contract → Black, Black-Scholes, Calls, For, Futures, In, Investors, Option, The
related to Margining · 8
Futures contract → Again, Forwards, Futures, In, More, Simply, The, This
related to Hedgers · 7
Futures contract → For, Hedgers, If, In, Similarly, Those, VeraSun Energy
related to Definition of a futures contract · 6
Futures contract → At, Björk, During, Note, The, There
related to Pricing · 6
Futures contract → Eurodollar Futures, Federal, However, In, This, When
related to Risk mitigation · 6
Futures contract → Although, If, In, Margins, This, To

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futures contract price margin exchange risk market contracts asset commodity underlying delivery future options index commodities markets forward interest value

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Futures contractis aderivative0.90text
oilinstance ofand later futures contracts were negotiated for natural resources0.80text
90 Day T-Billsinstance ofsuch as a short-term interest rate index0.80text
or the closing value of a stock market indexinstance ofsuch as a short-term interest rate index0.80text
commoditiesinstance ofassets about which the contract may be based0.80text
securitiesinstance ofassets about which the contract may be based0.80text
grainsinstance ofAlthough contract trading began with traditional commodities0.80text
meatinstance ofAlthough contract trading began with traditional commodities0.80text
and livestockinstance ofAlthough contract trading began with traditional commodities0.80text
exchange trading has expanded to include metalsinstance ofAlthough contract trading began with traditional commodities0.80text
energyinstance ofAlthough contract trading began with traditional commodities0.80text
currencyinstance ofAlthough contract trading began with traditional commodities0.80text

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