Investopedia Video: How Do Futures Contracts Work?
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Uploaded by investopediacom on Oct 22, 2010
Futures contracts are one of the most important financial innovations in history, but they are often misunderstood. Find out this contract is used to transfer risk between different parties.
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damable442 3 weeks ago
Why there are just 15 videos uploaded by investopedia?
SalahBroadcasting 1 month ago
@orginunknown exactly what i wanted to ask=)) so in real life the are two guys betting either the milk will go up or down right?
trifio5242 2 months ago
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OilTradingAcademy 2 months ago
absoluteky clear explenation
stalker1204 2 months ago
@orginunknown Agreed, the only reason I can see to "bet on red and black" is if you're expecting stable prices and intend to just make money off contract origination and fees... a rather exposed stance depending on the nature of the asset. In practice you would most likely have two separate investors (speculators) with differing expectations of future pricing volatility as you mentioned.
bassvibrateyaface 2 months ago
btw in the investor in this scenario would make a whopping ZERO dollars. any profit made from the milk price increase would be paid to the ice cream shop. any profit made from the price decrease would be paid to the milk producer. this is like betting on red and black at the same time. 2 investors would make this example make more sense. one has a contract if the price goes up, the other if the price goes down.
orginunknown 3 months ago
thank you for a simple explanation with visual examples and without jargon filled verbiage.
orginunknown 3 months ago
I don't get it. How do they transfer the volatility to the investor. Yes, i feel slow.
ptevans01 3 months ago
@Melki you cant just "ask" companies. Futures market is like stock market. You cant call the companies you buy stocks in and demand something.
You don't write a normal contract the way it shows in this video.
PlayClaner 3 months ago