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Commodity futures aim to transfer risks associated with the ownership of a commodity. The commodity may be anything, from wheat to a foreign currency. At the time of the...

Currency futures are legally binding contracts between buyers and sellers to buy or sell a specific sum of currency in exchange for another at a specified exchange rate. Delivery...

    Mini futures are the truncated versions of large-sized stock index futures contracts that are traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). They are available for a broad...

Futures trading is a form of investment involving speculation of the price of a commodity in the future. Futures arederivatives bought or sold on a futures exchange. They are...

Bond futures are contracts that place a contract holder under an obligation to buy or sell a bond on a specified date and price which is determined at the...

Financial options are those derivatives contracts in which the underlying assets are financial instruments such as stocks, bonds or an interest rate. The options on financial instruments provide a...

A futures market is an auction market where traders buy and sell futures contracts for delivery on a specific future date according to the terms of the contract. Futures...

Stock futures are a high risk type of futures stocks, in which the underlying asset is an individual stock. Such futures stocks contracts involve buying or selling a specified...

Futures charts are a visual representation of financial data such as the price movement of commodities. They facilitate study of market action by technical analysts for the purpose of...

Global futures are commodity futures contracts that are tradable in the international marketplace. These financial contracts obligate a buyer to buy or sell the underlying asset, such as commodities,...