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futures
A standardized, transferable, exchange-traded contract that requires delivery of a commodity, bond, currency, or stock index, at a specified price, on a specified future date. also called futures contract. see also adjusted futures price, National Futures Association, backwardation, contango, basis, certificated stock, Commodities Exchange Center, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commodity Trading Advisor, contract market, convergence, delivery month, nearby month, furthest month, deferred month, spot month, delivery point, exchange of spot, financial futures, LIFFE, first notice day, last trading day, forward contract, gamma, interest rate futures, inverted market, limit move, linkage, New York Futures Exchange, tender, retender, risk disclosure document, round turn.
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