Free Simple Glossary of Energy Trading terms

A fee is a cash payment which may be associated with:

• A single trade
• A group of trades
• No specific trades

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A financial side or leg of a trade that is not fixed in advance, but is dependent on the value of some observable (usually an index) at a pre-agreed time related to the delivery date

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A Forward, or Forward Contract, is an agreement to buy or sell a commodity at a fixed time in the future

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The earliest tradable month of a particular contract - normally a Futures contract

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A Futures Contract is an agreement to buy or sell a commodity at a fixed time in the future executed on or with an Exchange

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