A heating oil futures contract is 1000 US barrels, or 42,000 gallons. A semi with a oil tank holds 5,000 gallons, so one futures contract equals seven truckloads of oil.
When there isn't an active market for the forward contract. Generally, Futures contracts have a much more active open market than forward contracts and have alot more choice in terms of expiration months than forward contracts.
A Variable Annuity is an insurance contract in which at the end of the accumulation stage, the insurance company guarantees a minimum payment. The remaining income payments can vary depending on the performance of the managed portfolio.
There's one main difference and it's huge: An option contract gives the person who buys it the privilege of doing whatever it is the contract is written for. A futures contract imposes an obligation on the buyer. There are also liquidity requirements and requirements to pay performance bonds in futures trading that don't exist in options trading, but the real basic difference is that an options buyer can do something and a futures trader has to.
Forwards Contract: A forward contract is the simplest of the Derivative products. It is a mutual agreement between two parties, in which the buyer agrees to buy a quantity of an asset at a specific price from the seller at a future date. The Price of the contract does not change before delivery. These type of contracts are binding, which means both the buyer and seller must stay committed to the contract. This means they are bound to deliver or take delivery of the product on which the forward contract was agreed upon. Forwards contracts are very useful in hedging Futures Contract: A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell an asset at a certain time in the future at a specific price. The Contractual terms of the futures contracts are very clear. The Futures market was designed to solve the shortcomings in the forwards contracts. Unlike forwards, futures are traded in organized exchanges. They also use a clearing house that provides the necessary protection to both the buyer and the seller. The price of the futures contract can change prior to delivery. Hence, both participants must settle daily price changes as per the contract values. Difference: Futures are traded in Organized Exchanges while Forwards are Over-The-Counter (OTC) traded
1) forward contract is not standardised one..it is only traded in OTC(over the counter) where as future contract is a standardised one it is traded in Secondary Market
A futures contract is a contract setting the price and date for a commodity purchase.
In most cases, future inheritance cannot be subject to a contract of sale as it is not considered a present asset or property owned by the individual at the time of the contract. Future inheritance is uncertain and contingent on the death of the benefactor, making it difficult to legally include in a contract.
A contract to deliver a particular commodity to a buyer sometime in the future.
Stock options are a contract specifying a contract for a future purchase between two parties. The buyer has the option to buy at a future date and the seller, the obligation.
The two parties decided to abolish their existing contract and make a new contract in the future.
The provision benefits future parties who may take over the contract.
Until the foreseable future.
When you're dealing in Over the Counter derivatives you can have anything you want. I can't imagine why you'd want a contract that obligates you to buy another futures contract on a date certain, though.
Yes it will expand but after a few millennium years it is said in theory that it will contract and contract till it is in nothingness.
It requires you to do a certain thing, for a certain price, on a certain date.
It requires you to do a certain thing, for a certain price, on a certain date.