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1commodity futures — ➔ futures * * * commodity futures UK US noun [plural] ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET formal agreements to buy or sell a commodity at an agreed price on a particular date in the future: »Bigger projected corn and soybean crops pulled commodity futures… …
2commodity — /kə mɒdɪti/ noun something sold in very large quantities, especially a raw material such as a metal or a food such as wheat COMMENT: Commodities are either traded for immediate delivery (as ‘actuals’ or ‘physicals’), or for delivery in the future …
3Commodity trading in China — has a short but high growth history. With an increasing product variety and deepening liquidity pools, the mainland s futures market is playing an increasingly important role in serving the national economy. At present, the commodities markets in …
4Commodity Exchange Act — (ch. 545, 49 Stat. 1491, enacted June 15, 1936) is a federal act passed in 1936 by the U.S. Government (replacing the Grain Futures Act of 1922). The Act provides federal regulation of all commodities and futures trading activities and… …
5Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor — Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 29, 1986 …
6Commodity 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 …
7Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 — Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Act of 1974 (P.L. 93 463) created the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to replace the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Exchange Authority, as the independent federal agency responsible… …
8Commodity tick — Futures exchanges establish a minimum amount that the price of a commodity can fluctuate upward or downward. This minimum fluctuation (trade increment) is known as a tick or commodity tick. Hence, a tick is any fluctuation in the price of a… …
9commodity — com·mod·i·ty /kə mä də tē/ n pl ties: a class of economic goods; esp: an item of merchandise (as soybeans) whose price is the basis of futures trading Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. commodity …
10Commodity Exchange Act — (CEA) USA The federal statute regulating the US market for trading in commodity futures. The CEA gives the CFTC authority to regulate commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisers and commodities exchanges. Related terms …
