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Published 09/22/2008 - 5:14 a.m. EST

A derivative is a financial agreement that has a value determined by the price of an asset with its own inherent valuation such as a currency or equity index. The...

	Role of Financial Markets

	Differences Among OTC Derivatives, Futures and Securities

	How Derivatives Are Used

	Buying Long and Selling Short

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Market Dynamics

Hedgers: Minimizing Risk

Published 09/23/2008 - 1:24 a.m. EST

Hedging is a primary function of the futures market. Hedging is the buying and selling of futures contracts to offset a particular risk. 1.Hedgers typically own...

	Speculators: Profit Seekers

	Hedge Funds: A Special Class of Speculator

	The Forward Market

	The Spot Market (OTC)

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Futures Contracts

Basic Definition of Future Contracts

Published 09/23/2008 - 4:44 a.m. EST

Futures contracts are: 1.Legally binding agreements 2.Standardized quantity and quality of underlying product 3.Designed to be bought or sold at a specific...

	Futures Compared to Forward Contracts

	Futures Compared to Stocks

	Futures Contract Design

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Price Discovery

The Process of Price Discovery

Published 09/24/2008 - 5:25 a.m. EST

In the cash market (OTC), banks will “set” the prices between buyers and sellers. Exchanges, however, do not set prices. Rather, prices are “discovered”...

	Spot Pricing: OTC or Cash Market

	Convergence of Spot and Futures Price

	Arbitrage in the Markets

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Market Operations

Electronic and Open-Outcry Trading

Published 09/24/2008 - 5:57 a.m. EST

In the futures markets, contracts are traded “side by side,” both electronically and in the open-outcry exchange pits. Today, 80 percent of all futures...

	Liquidity

	Central Clearing: Counter-Party to Every Trade

	Mark-to-Market Daily Settlement

	Performance Bonds

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Speculating in Futures

Speculating: Profit Seekers

Published 09/25/2008 - 4:17 a.m. EST

Speculators trade in the futures market to profit from price fluctuations, and in doing so, provide several vital economic functions by facilitating the trading...

	Offsetting a Trade Position

	Four Sources of Returns

	Trade Execution and Management

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