Agricultural Economics Department
Date of this Version
7-12-2023
Citation
Cornhusker Economics. agecon.unl.edu/cornhuskereconomics
Abstract
Futures contracts and futures exchanges were developed a long time ago in the process of evolution of commodity trading. They were created with the purpose of facilitating the buying and selling of commodities. Despite challenges along the way, they helped make commodity trading faster, easier, and more efficient for many buyers and sellers. Still today, futures exchanges are constantly looking for new ways to adjust to new developments in commodity markets and further facilitate trading. After all, as we have previously discussed in this space, futures exchanges provide a service to buyers and sellers, i.e., the marketplace to trade futures and options contracts. More trading in this marketplace means more profits for futures exchanges.
Comments
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