Deferred futures

Deferred futures

The most distant months of a futures contract.

Furthest Month

Among several different futures contracts or options, describing the one with the longest maturity. For example, given three futures contracts, one expiring in March, one in June, and one in September, the furthest month futures contract is the one expiring in September.
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The fund pursues positive roll yield by allocating long positions to nearby, first deferred or second deferred futures contracts based on seasonally- and risk-adjusted performance.
Forward Management Launches Forward Commodity Long/Short Strategy Mutual Fund

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