forward contract and future contract

stillriver · 发表于 2004-1-19 09:45

how to differatiate forward contract and future contract? i am confused about them. thank u for help.

777 · 发表于 2004-1-29 00:33

you will find it out if you have got a related material named finance derivative instrument by HULL, that one~

777 · 发表于 2004-1-29 00:38

I remember that there is diferent maturities between them,one of which,forward contract, has fixed maturity and the other one,future contact, has some flexiable maturities.
probably it was wrong~please forgive me about,welcome to correct me~
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