delivery month investment & finance definition
The month, specified by a futures contract, in which the actual physical commodity or cash for a finan-
cial instrument must be delivered to the purchaser.
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Delivery Month Symbol Codes
Jan = F Feb = G Mar = H Apr = J May = K Jun = M Jul = N Aug = Q Sep = U Oct = V Nov = X Dec = Z
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Delivery Month
The calendar month in which a futures contract comes to maturity and becomes deliverable.
Delivery Month: The specified month within which a futures contract matures and can be settled by delivery or the specified month in which the delivery period begins.
Delivery Month Codes 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
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Delivery Month - The month in which a futures contract expires.
Delivery Price - The price at which the deliverable stocks are invoiced.
Delta - The sensitivity of a futures option's price to changes in price of the underlying futures.
Delivery Month - A specific month in which delivery may take place under the terms of a futures contract. Also referred to as contract month.
Nearby Delivery Month: The month of the futures contract closest to maturity; the front month or lead month.
Current Delivery Month -- The futures contract which ceases trading and becomes deliverable during the present month or the month closest to delivery. Also called the spot month.
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SPOT DELIVERY MONTH - The nearest delivery month among all those traded at any point in time.
Nearby Delivery Month
The futures contract month closest to expiration.
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Current delivery month
The most current calendar month in which a futures contract comes to maturity and becomes deliverable. Also known as the spot month.
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The nearest delivery months of a commodity futures market.
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The nearest delivery month on a futures contract.
Spot price
The current market price of the actual physical commodity. Also called cash price.
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Contract Month: See Delivery Month : A specific month in which delivery may take place under the terms of a futures contract. Also referred to as contract month.
Variations include the simultaneous purchase and sale of different delivery months of the same commodity; of the same delivery month, but different grades of the same commodity; and of different commodities.
intercommodity spread The purchase of a given delivery month of one commodity futures contract and... interdelivery spread The purchase of one delivery month of a given futures contract and simultaneous...
Delivery month: A calendar month during which a futures contract matures and becomes deliverable. Options are also assigned to delivery months.
BackwardationA market condition in which futures prices are lower in the distant delivery months than in the nearest delivery month.
(See delivery month.)
Day Order An order that is placed for execution during only one trading session. If the order cannot be executed that day, it is automatically cancelled.
Back Months Futures delivery months other than front month. Bear One who expects a decline in prices.. A news item is considered bearish if it is expected to result in lower prices.
CME Eurodollar futures prices are determined by the market's forecast for the delivery month of the 3-month LIBOR interest rate. The futures prices are derived by subtracting that implied interest rate (yield) from 100.00.
Nearby Month : The nearest actively traded delivery month, a.k.a. current...
Net Position : The number of futures contracts bought or sold which have ...
Net Worth : Amount of assets which exceed liabilities; May also be known ...
Even on a day-to-day basis, some contracts and some delivery months tend to be more actively traded and liquid than others.
Examples include: buying one futures contract and selling another futures contract of the same commodity but different delivery month; buying and selling the same delivery month of the same commodity on different futures exchanges; ...
The hope is that the upcoming delivery months will realize a price that slowly increases with each successive delivery period or at the very least maintains a level price.
The liquidation of a purchase of futures through the sale of an equal number of contracts of the same delivery months or the covering of a short sale of futures contracts through the purchase of an equal number of contracts of the same delivery month.
Going long on one futures market in a given delivery month and simultaneously going short on the same commodity and delivery month but a different futures market but with similar underlying asset.
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Contango Market: A normal futures market in which prices are higher in the succeeding delivery months than in the nearest delivery month. Opposite of backwardation.
Cover: To offset a short futures or options position with another transaction.
Market situation in which futures prices are progressively lower in the distant delivery months. For instance, if the gold quotation for January is $360.00 per ounce and that for June is $355.
Nearby's: The nearest delivery months of a futures market.
Nominal Price: Price quotation on futures for a period in which no actual trading took place.
Market Order - An order to buy or sell a futures contract of a given delivery month to be filled at the best possible price and as soon as possible.
Market Risk - Exposure to fluctuates in market prices.
The seller`s choice of when in the delivery month to deliver. A Treasury Bond or note futures contract.
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Timing option
The seller's choice of when in the delivery month to deliver. A Treasury Bond or note futures contract.
This lets your broker or the floor know which side (long in this example) of the market you want to be on, the number of contracts and the delivery month. It also informs him you want to be filled immediately.
Contract Month
The month in which futures contracts may be satisfied by making or accepting delivery. (See delivery month.) ...
Expiration Date: The final date when an option may be exercised. Many options expire on a specified date during the month prior to the delivery month for the underlying futures contract.
HPI uses daily high and low prices, volume and open interest - preferably of all contracts (futures and options) - from a period of at least three weeks. HPI applies these to prices of the most active delivery month.
Full Cary A futures market in which the price difference between delivery months equals the full cost of carrying the commodity.
Futures A financial contract that includes the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities.
For example, the NYMEX Light Sweet Crude Oil contract specifies the acceptable sulfur content and API specific gravity, as well as the location where delivery must be made.
The delivery month.
The last trading date.
 See also: Delivery, Future, Futures, Contract, Trading
  
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