futures
Definition
Commodities or securities contracted for delivery at a stated future date at a specified price. Such a contract (called futures contract) itself can also be traded.
futures is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance, Commodities & Precious Metals Trading, Currency Trading, Disaster Planning & Risk Management and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
futures appears in the definitions of the following terms:
clearing,
London International Financial Futures & Options Exchange (LIFFE),
AC-DC option,
square position,
financial markets,
financial instrument,
day trade,
daily trading limit,
double witching hour,
first notice day
and
futures appears in the other terms: stock index futures, futures contract, commodity futures, commodity futures market, financial futures, currency futures, futures exchange, futures market, interest rate futures, alternative futures
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