Question by Niall S: T-bills – Can have theoretical price greater than Face value? Heya here’s the question i’ve been posed: A 90-day and a 270-day spot Treasury Bills are now selling for $ 98.45 and $ 99.25 per $ 100 face value, respectively. In addition, you observe that the price of a 180-day Treasury-Bill [...]

Question by TheKnightsPrincess: Futures contract delivery price? It’s my understanding that, with Futures contracts, at the maturity date you only pay what the contract agreement stated For example your contract is set at $ 600/oz in Gold, and when maturity comes around the cost of gold rose to $ 675/oz. So you pay the $ [...]

Question by NJS: Where can I get open, close, high, low price data for multiple time frames on futures contracts? I am looking to acquire price data for high, low, open and close for interest rate futures contracts (ie. 2 yr, 5yr 10yr 30 yr) for multiple time frames such as 5 min, 30 min, [...]

Question by pps p: London PM kerb price question? 1.Why LME does have their futures contract priced as 3 month contract, 6 month contract instead of mentioning month name in their futures contract? 2.Does LME futures works in different way than american futures? 2.What is PM kerb pricing? Thank you. Best answer: Answer by Claudio [...]

Why would the prices differ? The key difference is the daily settlement of the futures contract. The investor in a futures contract must maintain a margin account. The key issue is the correlation between the spot price and the interest rate. If the correlation (spot, interest rate) is strongly positive, an increase in the spot [...]

Question by Azher: Can I establish my own Futures Market Database by manually typing in price feeds and allow general public use? Currently I am in the process of establishment so I want to minimize my costs. I do not have exact idea about the rules so I request the person who knows about it. [...]

Question by Michel P: Can people (speculators) buying oil commodity futures drive the price of oil up? Are they called speculators? Best answer: Answer by Common SenseYes. But speculators who bet on a rising price of oil can lose money if the price of oil drops unexpectedly. Add your own answer in the comments! Tags: [...]

Question by w_s02: are prices of oil futures a reasonable way to have an idea of future oil price movement? I want to have an informed guess for future oil price movements for an assignment…is it a good benchmark to look at the oil futures price being traded in the market to have an estimate. [...]

Question by skahhh: When the news says Futures are up, for a prediction indicator of probable gains in stock price for a given day what are they talking about? Is it aftermarket/premarket trading or options or what? Best answer: Add your own answer in the comments! Tags: gains, Futures, indicator, says, price

Question by Veritatum17: How do you translate the price of a futures option on copper to a price per pound? Y!Finance isn’t very helpful today for some reason. If the price for a futures contract on copper is $ 3.07 for delivery in August, can that be directly translated to a market price of copper [...]