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| | + | '''What is a Futures Exchange?''' |
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| | A futures exchange is a central marketplace with established rules and regulations where buyers and sellers meet to trade futures and options on futures contracts. | | A futures exchange is a central marketplace with established rules and regulations where buyers and sellers meet to trade futures and options on futures contracts. |
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| | In recent years most futures exchanges ran trading floors and facilitated trading "pits" where floor traders and brokers would trade using the open outcry auction approach to price discovery. Recent years have seen the ascendance of electronic trading where orders are placed by customers and matched by computers at the exchange. The vast majority of futures trading and price discovery is now done via electronic means. | | In recent years most futures exchanges ran trading floors and facilitated trading "pits" where floor traders and brokers would trade using the open outcry auction approach to price discovery. Recent years have seen the ascendance of electronic trading where orders are placed by customers and matched by computers at the exchange. The vast majority of futures trading and price discovery is now done via electronic means. |
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| - | The five main futures exchanges are: | + | '''The five main futures exchanges are:''' |
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| | Euronext LIFFE | | Euronext LIFFE |
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| | Eurex | | Eurex |
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| | CBOT - Chicago Board of Trade | | CBOT - Chicago Board of Trade |
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| | CME - Chicago Mercantile Exchange | | CME - Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
| - | IPE - The International Petroleum Exchange | + | |
| | + | [[International_Petroleum_Exchange|IPE - The International Petroleum Exchange]] |
Revision as of 09:51, 29 July 2005
What is a Futures Exchange?
A futures exchange is a central marketplace with established rules and regulations where buyers and sellers meet to trade futures and options on futures contracts.
In recent years most futures exchanges ran trading floors and facilitated trading "pits" where floor traders and brokers would trade using the open outcry auction approach to price discovery. Recent years have seen the ascendance of electronic trading where orders are placed by customers and matched by computers at the exchange. The vast majority of futures trading and price discovery is now done via electronic means.
The five main futures exchanges are:
Euronext LIFFE
Eurex
CBOT - Chicago Board of Trade
CME - Chicago Mercantile Exchange
IPE - The International Petroleum Exchange
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