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Commodity exchange

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Commodity exchange

Deferred futures

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The futures contracts that expire during the most distant months. Also called Back Months.

Basis grade

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The grade of a commodity used as the standard or par grade of a futures contract.

High

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The highest price of the day, week, or month for a particular futures contract.

Spot month

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The month of the futures contract closest to maturity.

Tick

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The smallest allowable increment of price movement for a contract.

Spreading

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The simultaneous buying and selling of two related markets in the expectation that a profit will be made when the position is offset. Examples include: buying one futures contract and selling another ...

Index arbitrage

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The simultaneous purchase (sale) of stock index futures and the sale (purchase) of some or all of the component stocks which make up the particular stock index to profit from sufficiently large inter ...

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