What Is the Difference Between a Purchased Commodity (In the Commodities Market) and Futures?
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 at
4:13 pm
Sterkwell asked:
Is there a difference between buying wheat in the commodities market, for example, and buying wheat futures?
Is there a difference between buying wheat in the commodities market, for example, and buying wheat futures?
Tagged with: Commodities Market • Wheat Futures • Wheat Market
Filed under: Commodity Trading
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The spot price is what you can buy or sell it for right now for immediate delivery, the posted prices at the grain elevators The futures prices is what you can buy or sell it for at some point in the future using a futures contract.