Stock Market Information » What Are Futures?
Futures represent an arrangement that either a buy or a sell will be made at a specific price of a particular asset in the future. Futures are standardized meaning that traders can only trade specific contracts supported by the exchange. Futures can also be described as being very risky.
Futures are very complicated and in this section we will be going over futures in more detail. Futures have their own set of terminology that beginners may not know. We will be writing about the various terms used by people trading futures.