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.
Oil futures are derivative securities that give the holder the right to purchase oil at a specified price (similar to how stock options work). If you exercise your future by the settlement date, you can purchase oil (crude oil futures trade in units of 1,000 barrels) at the price stated in the futures contract.