underlying futures contract

  • 1underlying futures contract — The specific futures contract that is bought or sold by exercising an option. Chicago Board of Trade glossary The futures contract covered by an option; for example, a 300 Dec. corn call s underlying futures contract is the December corn futures… …

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  • 2Futures contract — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond …

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  • 3Futures Contract — A contractual agreement, generally made on the trading floor of a futures exchange, to buy or sell a particular commodity or financial instrument at a pre determined price in the future. Futures contracts detail the quality and quantity of the… …

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  • 4futures 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… …

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  • 5Futures contract — Agreement to buy or sell a set number of shares of a specific stock in a designated future month at a price agreed upon by the buyer and seller. The contracts themselves are often traded on the futures market. A futures contract differs from an… …

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  • 6BOBL Futures Contract — A futures contract with medium term debt that is issued by the Federal Republic of Germany as its underlying asset. The contract has a notional contract value of 100,000 euros, with a term to maturity of 4.5 to five years. Unlike most other types …

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  • 7Commodity Futures Contract — An agreement to buy or sell a set amount of a commodity at a predetermined price and date. Buyers use these to avoid the risks associated with the price fluctuations of the product or raw material, while sellers try to lock in a price for their… …

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  • 8interest rate futures contract — A futures contract based on an interbank deposit rate or an underlying debt security. The value of the contract rises and falls inversely to changes in interest rates. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 9underlying — or underlier An option or a future is a right or a commitment to buy or sell something at a future date. The underlying is the financial instrument that may or must be bought or sold in each option or futures contract. FAS 133, as amended by FAS… …

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  • 10foreign currency futures contract — Standardized and easily transferable obligation between two parties to exchange currencies at a specified rate during a specified delivery month; standardized contract on specified underlying currencies, in multiples of standard amounts.… …

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