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Exchange traded contracts used for either hedging or speculating in relation to outturn market rates on a prespecified date in the future.
Because futures contracts are exchange traded they involve standard amounts and standard expiry dates. They also require a refundable up-front security payment (initial margin) and subsequent variation margin adjustments.
See also
- Basis
- Bond futures
- Close out
- Currency futures
- Futures contract
- Hedging
- Initial margin
- Interest rate futures
- International Organization of Securities Commissions
- Margin
- Speculation
- STIR
- Swapnote
- Tick
- Variation margin