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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