Futures are the contracts between two parties to buy or sell a specified asset of standardized quantity and quality for a price agreed upon today (the futures price or strike price) with delivery and payment occurring at a specified future date, the delivery date.
They can be. If you look at the futures pricing, you'll see futures contracts that settle in 2013--and futures contracts that settle next month.
You purchase a futures contract by first opening a futures trading account, which is a margin account, with a futures broker. Once that is done, simply choose the specific futures contract you wish to buy and then pay its "Initial Margin", which is a deposit needed to start a futures trade.
Tosu Futures ended in 1997.
Tosu Futures was created in 1987.
Porkbelly Futures was created in 2005.
Forgotten Futures happened in 1993.
Futures - band - was created in 2009.
Reclaiming Futures was created in 2001.
Brite Futures was created in 2005.
The ISBN of Non-Nuclear Futures is 0884106039.
Mirus Futures is an online futures brokerage service. They offer Ninja Trader that is powered by Zen-Fire, which is the industry's leading futures trading software.
Numerous futures brokers exist; most can be accessed online. These include RJO Futures, Optimus Trading Group, and Global Futures, Noble Trading, and E-Futures. Simply visit the website and apply to open an account.