No. CME Group has introduced "broiler chicken" futures in the past and has always failed, because the chicken industry is extremely integrated--farmers grow under contract to processors.
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.
In Pakistan, various futures contracts are available primarily through the Pakistan Mercantile Exchange (PMEX) and the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE). These include contracts for commodities such as gold, silver, and crude oil, as well as index futures based on the KSE-100 index. Additionally, agricultural products like cotton and sugar may also have futures contracts available. These instruments allow investors to hedge risks and speculate on price movements in the underlying assets.
"Futures" and "Futures contracts" are the same thing.
Yes, futures contracts do not experience time decay like options contracts do. The value of a futures contract is based on the underlying asset's price and not affected by the passage of time.
Yes. Dow Jones Futures are future contracts. This is because future contracts practically do not have an expiration date. It is also good because of the fact you can buy and sell single or bulk stock futures.
Futures contracts remain valid even if the original parties to the contract sell the rights.
Single-stock futures In finance, a single-stock futures is a type of futures contracts between two parties to exchange a specified number of stocks in company for a price agreed today (the futures price or the strike price) with delivery occurring at a specified future date, the delivery date. The contracts are traded on a futures exchange
Futures trading is the buying and selling of contracts which require you to buy or sell an item on a certain date for a certain price. Most (very close to all) futures contracts are written against commodities rather than stock.
Derivative instruments are classified as: Forward Contracts Futures Contracts Options Swaps
If you are a hedger or a speculator, gold and silver futures contracts offer a world trade at centralized exchanges, trading futures contracts offers more financial.
No. Options let you decide whether to go through with the transaction; futures require that you do.
A futures Executioner is a person that completes contracts between a buyer and a seller for the price and delivery of the stock or goods at a future date.