Futures trading

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002723",
  "term": "Futures trading",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An agreement between two people, one who sells and agrees to deliver and one who buys and agrees to receive a certain kind, quality, and quantity of product to be delivered during a specified delivery month at a specified price.",
  "synonyms": [
    "futures contracts",
    "futures exchange",
    "futures markets",
    "futures prices",
    "hedge to arrive contracts",
    "hedge-to-arrive contracts"
  ],
  "subject": "Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry",
  "see_also": [
    "commodity exchange",
    "Commodity Futures Trading Commission",
    "fungibility",
    "commodity futures"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Agriculture Fact Book, USDA",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "negociación de valores a futuro"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/futures-trading/"
}