A futures contract whose underlying is an individual stock of a public company or a particular stock index. It allows...

A futures contract on a stock index. This type of futures entails the future delivery of a cash amount based...

The unexpected costs that arise from having to take/ purchase a large futures position at increasing prices. Therefore, the mark-to-market...

A futures option that can be exercised only at expiration date. This type of options provides investors with no flexibility...

A futures contract to buy or sell a standard amount of a currency at a specified future date for an...

A commodity futures in which the underlying is a soft commodity such as sugar (sugar futures), soy beans (soy beans...

A futures-trading strategy which involves buying four consecutive delivery-month futures contracts in the same delivery year. Each of these contracts...

A futures contract in which the underlying is a commodity, primarily an agricultural product (coffee beans, wheat, corn, etc), metal...

The fair value of a stock index futures is the theoretical value that accounts for the current index level, index...

The difference between the futures value (the theoretical value of a futures contract) and the spot index value (cash index...