Successful futures trading?
The delivery method used to deliver the underlying asset. It's very simple-the seller and the buyer agreed to conclude a deal in six months for the supply of gold at the current price.
No delivery is provided for settlement futures. When the term of the contract expires, the parties to the contract recalculate profits and losses, charge and write off funds.
Let's say you bought 10 futures on the Russian RTS index, because you assume that the index will grow before the end of the futures circulation period. When this period ends, you will simply earn a profit, while no one has shipped any goods to anyone.
The contract can be bribed or resold during the term of the futures ' circulation. When the term expires, all contract holders must fulfill their obligations.
The futures price is the current value of the contract. While the paper is in circulation, it may change.
Attention! Don't confuse the price of a futures contract with the price of the underlying asset. Although one directly depends on the other.
It may happen that the futures price becomes more expensive or cheaper than the price of the underlying asset. Therefore, the current price is formed depending on the circumstances that are possible in the future in one direction or another.