Minimum Price Contract

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A forward contract with a provision guaranteeing a minimum price at delivery of the underlying agricultural commodity.
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Investopedia explains 'Minimum Price Contract'

Minimum price contracts provide certainty for some investors wishing to hedge their positions. As a bare minimum, price is fixed at delivery.

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  • Futures Fundamentals: Characteristics | Investopedia

    http://www.investopedia.com/university/futures/futures4.asp
    ... contract in question. If you had a wheat contract for 5,000 bushels, the
    minimum price movement would be $12.50 ($0.0025 x 5,000). ...
  • Introduction To Currency Futures

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/10/introduction-currency-futures.asp
    ... Futures contracts, including currency futures, must list specifications including
    the size of the contract, the minimum price increment and the corresponding ...
  • Trading The Soft Commodity Markets

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/07/soft_market.asp
    ... $550). The minimum price movement, or tick size, is a dollar, or $10 per contract. ...
    The minimum price movement for sugar is $0.0001 or $11.20 per contract. ...
  • Learn To Corral The Meat Markets

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/07/meat_market.asp
    ... Movement The minimum price movement or tick is $0.00025 or $10 per contract. The
    exchange also has a limit that is the allowable daily move in a market. ...
  • Introduction To E-Micro Forex Futures

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/10/introduction-to-emicro-forex-futures.asp
    ... Like other futures products, each contract has specifications regarding the size
    of the contract, the minimum price increment and the corresponding tick value. ...
  • Fueling Futures In The Energy Market

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/07/energy_market.asp
    ... If the current market price is $6 per MM Btus, the contract has a value of $60,000
    ($6 x 10,000 MM Btus = $60,000). Movement The minimum tick is $0.001, or $10 ...
  • A Primer On Palladium

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/fundamental-analysis/12/A-Primer-On-Palladium.asp
    ... Exchanges Palladium trades on the NYMEX and the Tokyo Commodities Exchange (TOCOM),
    each have their own contract size and minimum price fluctuation. ...
  • A Primer On Palladium

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/fundamental-analysis/12/a-primer-on-palladium.asp
    ... Exchanges Palladium trades on the NYMEX and the Tokyo Commodities Exchange (TOCOM),
    each have their own contract size and minimum price fluctuation. ...
  • Grow Your Finances In The Grain Markets

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/optioninvestor/07/grain_market.asp
    ... $900. The minimum price fluctuation for bean oil is $0.0001, or one
    one-hundredth of a cent, which equals $6 per contract. The most ...
  • After exercising a put option, can I still hold my option contract ...

    http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/put-option-sell-lower-price.asp
    ... at a specific date, and the actual price on that ... When that option contract is exercised,
    it no longer ... we lost track of our required minimum distribution (RMD ...

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