futures market
Definition
Market in which participants can buy and sell commodities and their future delivery contracts. A futures market provides a medium for the complementary activities of hedging and speculation, necessary for dampening wild fluctuations in the prices caused by gluts and shortages.
futures market is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance, Commodities & Precious Metals Trading, Currency Trading and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
futures market appears in the definitions of the following terms:
cross-hedging,
naked position,
thin market,
TED Spread,
forward market,
spot market,
basis,
futures exchange,
notice day,
hedging
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