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futures contract

standardized legal agreement to buy or sell something (usually a commodity or financial instrument) at a predetermined price (“forward price”) at a specified time (“delivery date”) in the future
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futures contract

Summary

futures contract is an economic activity[1]. It draws 1,734 Wikipedia views per month (economic_activity category, ranking #11 of 70).[2]

Key Facts

  • futures contract's instance of is recorded as economic activity[3].
  • futures contract's instance of is recorded as asset type[4].
  • futures contract is a type of contract[5].
  • futures contract is a type of forward contract[6].
  • futures contract is a type of security[7].
  • futures contract's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • futures contract's different from is recorded as forward contract[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include economic activity[3] and asset type[4]. Recorded subclass of include contract[5], forward contract[6], and security[7].

Why It Matters

futures contract draws 1,734 Wikipedia views per month (economic_activity category, ranking #11 of 70).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Chicago Mercantile Exchange contract

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → forward contract
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4726772
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15927, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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