What is Future Trading?
14
MAR,2018
A Future trading is nothing but, it is an agreement to buy or sell and asset or underlying commodity at a future date at an agreed-upon price determined in the open market on futures trading exchanges.
For example, airline companies may purchase oil futures to lock in a price in which they purchase their fuel. Farmers may sell corn futures to lock in a price in which they can sell their crop.
Futures are classified three varieties like Indices, Agricultural commodities and Energy.
For Examples
Indices are
Ticker | Description |
#DJ30 | Dow Jones 30 Index Futures |
#EUR50 | Eurostoxx 50 Index Futures |
#FRA40 | Cac 40 Index Futures |
#GER30 | Germany 30 (DAX) Index Futures |
#JPN225 | Nikkei 225 Index Futures |
#NAS100 | Nasdaq 100 Index Futures |
#S&P500 | S&P500 Index Futures |
#SWI20 | Swiss 20 (FSMI) Index Futures |
#UK100 | FTSE100 Index Futures |
#US$indx | US Dolla |
Agricultural Commodities are,
Ticker | Description |
#Cocoa | Cocoa Futures |
#Coffee | Coffee Futures |
#Corn | Corn Futures |
#Cotton | Cotton No.2 Futures |
#Soybean | Soybean Futures |
#Sugar | Sugar No.11 Futures |
#Wheat | Wheat Futures |
Energies are
Ticker | Description |
#NatGas | US Natural Gas |
#UK_Oil | UK Brent Oil |
#US_Oil | US Light, Sweet Crude Oil |
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