Underlying Futures Contract

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Underlying futures contract

A futures contract that supports an option on that future, which is executed if the option is exercised .

In an option on a futures contract, the futures contract. The underlying futures contract supports the option; that is, if the option is exercised, the futures contract is executed. For example, an investor may buy a call giving him/her the right to buy a pork belly if the option is exercised. In this case, the pork belly is the underlying futures contract.

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Commodity Vega			A $150 call option gives the buyer the right but not the obligation to buy the underlying futures contract at $150 a barrel. Options traders bet oil could jump another 40pc by Oil & Gas News Assuming that all options are carried to expiration (no early exercise), a trader who buys the call and sells the put can always expect to end up with a long position in the underlying futures contract at expiration. Put-call parity by Natenberg, Shelly / Tea & Coffee Trade Journal Adjusted Margin is a financial measure intended to approximate the margin results that would have been reported in a particular period had the Company's underlying futures contracts related to its fixed price and price cap contracts qualified for hedge accounting under SFAS No. Clean Energy Reports 2008 Financial Results by Business Wire			Undercapitalized Undercharge Underclass Undercolor Removal Underconsumption underdepreciation Underemployed Underemployment Underfunded Underfunded Pension Plan Underground Storage Insurance underground storage tank Underhand underimprovement Underinsurance Underinsured Underinsured Motorist Coverage Limits Trigger Underinsured Motorist Coverage Modified Limits Trigger Underinsured Motorist Endorsement Underinvestment Problem Underinvoicing Underleveraged Underlying Underlying Asset Underlying Debt Underlying Futures Contract Underlying Index Underlying Inflation Underlying Instrument Underlying Investment underlying mortgage Underlying Price Underlying Retention Underlying Security Underlying Service Underlying Value Undermargined Undermargined Account Underpayment Underpayment Penalty Underperform Underperforming Asset Underpricing undersecured loan Undersell Underspend Understandability Undersubscribed Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Undertone Undervaluation			Underload Underload starter Underload switch Underload Syndrome underlock underlooker underlying underlying underlying underlying Underlying asset Underlying asset Underlying asset Underlying Assets underlying assumption Underlying assumptions Underlying assumptions Underlying assumptions Underlying assumptions Underlying Carrier underlying cause of death underlying cause of death Underlying Commodities Underlying Commodity Underlying Companies Underlying Company Underlying debt Underlying Debts Underlying Event Underlying Foreign Tax Credit Underlying Futures Contract Underlying Futures Contracts underlying graph Underlying Hazardous Constituents Underlying Index Underlying Inflation Underlying Inflation Rate Underlying Inflation Rates Underlying instrument Underlying instrument Underlying instrument Underlying instruments Underlying instruments Underlying instruments Underlying investment Underlying Investments Underlying Mortality Assumption underlying mortgage Underlying Mortgages Underlying Operating Profit Underlying Premium Underlying Premiums Underlying Price Underlying Prices underlying principle Underlying Rate of Inflation Underlying Rates of Inflation Underlying Retention Underlying Securities

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