Market indicators showing the general direction of the economy and confirming or denying the trend implied by the leading indicators. Also referred to as concurrent indicators.

The final day when trading may occur in a given futures or option contract month.

Market indicators that signal the state of the economy for the coming months. Some of the leading indicators include:

The ability to control large dollar amounts of a commodity with a comparatively small amount of capital.

An order in which the customer sets a limit on the price and/or time of execution.

See Position Limit, Price Limit, Variable Limit

The ability to buy (sell) contracts on one exchange (such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ) and later sell (buy) them on another exchange (such as the Singapore International Monetary Exchange.)

A characteristic of a security or commodity market with enough units outstanding to allow large transactions without a substantial change in price.

Selling (or purchasing) futures contracts of the same delivery month purchased (or sold) during an earlier transaction or making (or taking) delivery of the cash commodity represented by the futures contract. See Offset

A computerized profile of CBOT market activity, used by technical traders to analyze price trends and develop trading strategies.

The amount lent per unit of a commodity to farmers.

One who has bought futures contracts or owns a cash commodity

See Purchasing Hedge

The lowest price of the day for a particular futures contract.