The Clearinghouse is an organization established with the objective of assisting the process of settlement of various transactions related to derivatives, securities, and payments....
A standardized futures contract has a specific:
1. Underlying Instrument: The commodity, currency, financial instrument, or index upon which the contract is based;
2. Size: The...
The participants in the futures market are as follows:
Participants on General Basis
Individual
Individual participants are sole traders or companies which are 90% owned or controlled...
Future contracts can be broadly classified into:
Financial Futures
Financial futures are the futures contract to buy or sell a specific financial instrument at a specific...
The features of a futures contract may be specified as follows:
1. Trading on Organised Exchange: These are traded on an organized exchange like IMM,...