Contract Market

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Definition of 'Contract Market'

Any board of trade designated to trade a specific options or futures contract. Basically it's another word for "designated exchange".
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Investopedia explains 'Contract Market'

For example, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is a contract market for S&P 500 Index options and futures contracts.
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'Contract Market'

  • Futures Fundamentals: How The Market Works | Investopedia

    http://www.investopedia.com/university/futures/futures2.asp
    ... Cash Settlement The profits and losses of a futures contract depend on the daily
    movements of the market for that contract and are calculated on a daily basis. ...

  • Fueling Futures In The Energy Market

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/07/energy_market.asp
    ... The dollar value of this contract is 1,000-times the market price for one
    barrel of crude. If the market is trading at $60/barrel ...

  • Market Strength: S&P 500 Futures | Investopedia

    http://www.investopedia.com/university/strength/strength1.asp
    ... For S&P futures contracts here is what happens: Suppose the futures contract is
    trading above fair value (higher), before the market is about to open. ...

  • 20 Investments: Futures Contract | Investopedia

    http://www.investopedia.com/university/20_investments/8.asp
    ... You could either wait until harvest and sell your wheat at the current market price,
    or you could use a futures contract to "lock-in" the price today. ...

  • Introduction To Currency Futures

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/10/introduction-currency-futures.asp
    ... clearing. The market price for a currency futures contract will be relatively
    the same regardless of which broker is used. The CME ...

  • Interpreting Volume For The Futures Market

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/trading/03/102203.asp
    ... Open interest is the net value of all open positions in one market or contract and
    portrays the depth of volume that is possible in that market. ...

  • Intro To Open Interest In The Futures Market

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/technical/02/110602.asp
    ... Tutorial: Futures Trading 101 What Open Interest Tells Us A contract has both a
    buyer and a seller, so the two market players combine to make one contract. ...

  • Minis Provide Low-Cost Entry To Futures Market

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/08/mini-futures.asp
    ... found an audience in the electronic markets and promptly were eliminated as contract
    offerings. This same problem found its way into the mini-option market. ...

  • CFA Level 1 Study Guide - Derivatives - Terminating a Forward ...

    http://www.investopedia.com/exam-guide/cfa-level-1/derivatives/terminating-forward-contracts-prior-to-expiration.asp
    ... 12.14 Market Anomalies; 12.15 Implications of Efficient Markets. 13. ... Markets and
    Contracts: Settlement Procedures; 15.14 Terminating a Forward Contract Prior to ...

  • Grow Your Finances In The Grain Markets

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/07/grain_market.asp
    ... of corn is in dollars and cents with the minimum tick size of $0.0025, (one-quarter
    of a cent), which equals $12.50 per contract. Although the market may not ...

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