Glossary of Futures Terms

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• futures — Contracts for the sale/purchase of a specified quantity of a financial instrument, currency, or commodity at an agreed upon price on a given future date. First developed for agricultural commodities, actively traded futures are available for… …   Financial and business terms

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• futures contract — A legally binding agreement, made on the trading floor of a futures exchange, to buy or sell a commodity or financial instrument sometime in the future. Futures contracts are standardized according to the quality, quantity, and delivery time and… …   Financial and business terms

• terms — The components, elements, or parts of an agreement. The terms of a futures contract include: which commodity, its quality, the quantity, the time and place of delivery, and its price. All the terms of futures and futures option contracts are… …   Financial and business terms

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• single-stock futures — ( SSF) Also known as Universal Stock Futures. Like other futures contracts, a single stock futures contract is an agreement for the purchase/sale of an underlying asset at some time in the future, with the terms (except for price) of the contract …   Financial and business terms

• Commodity Futures Trading Commission — (CFTC) USA The federal agency created in 1974 to regulate the commodity futures and options markets in the US and which administers the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). The CFTC s authority was most recently expanded by the Commodity Fu …   Law dictionary

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• Security Futures Products — A contract based on securities products as such term is defined by 1a (32) of the CEA. Security Futures Products (SFP) include futures contracts based upon a single security (or stock futures); futures contracts based upon a narrow based security …   Financial and business terms