Im having a baby and i love the name Ellie but don't know what the full name should be?
In finance, a futures contract (more colloquially, futures) is a contract between two parties to buy or sell an asset for a price agreed upon today (the futures price) with delivery and payment occurring at a future point, the delivery date.
A forward contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at an agreed future point in time. The trade date and delivery date are separated. A futures contract is a standardized forward contract that is traded on an exchange, like SAFEX. Other than forward contracts, futures contracts are not linked with specific buyers.