Definition
Physical commodity (such as gold, oil, soybeans) and financial instruments (such as bonds, certificates of deposit, notes). Although trading in actuals is completed by the actual (physical) delivery to the buyer, most futures and option contracts are canceled out (traded out) before the expiration date without a delivery having taken place. Also called cash commodity or physicals.
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