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Future contract characteristics

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Definition: “ a futures contract is an agreement between two parties in which one party, the buyer, agrees to buy from the other party, the seller, an underlying asset or other derivative, at a future date at a price agreed on today.”

-Contract trades in market every day and price changes on new info.

The exchange establishes everything, except the price (tat is established by the two parties)

Liquid - trades secondary post creation

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Marked to Market Daily

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“gains and losses on each party’s position are credited and charged on a daily basis”

“equivalent to terminating a contract at the end of each day and reopening it the next day at that settlement price”