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CH 5 Futures
CH 5 Futures
CH 5 Futures
FUTURES
MEANING
• A Future Contract is a standardized contract
between a clearing house of a derivative exchange
& a buyer or seller of underlying assets to buy or
sell, exchange decided quantity of underlying asset
on a specified future date at a pre-determined
price.
• Thus,
It is a contract between exchange clearing house &
buyer & seller of underlying asset.
The quantity under the contract is standardized &
decided by the exchange.
The specified future date is also standardized &
decided by the exchange.