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Concept information

Preferred term

futures trading

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information An agreement between two people, one who sells and agrees to deliver and one who buys and agrees to receive a certain kind, quality, and quantity of product to be delivered during a specified delivery month at a specified price.

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Synonyms

  • futures contracts
  • futures exchange
  • futures markets
  • futures prices
  • hedge to arrive contracts
  • hedge-to-arrive contracts

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/28150

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