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most distant futures contract
most active list
most distant month
Definition
The last-settled
contract
with the longest
maturity
among several
futures contracts
. A
futures contract
is when either a
buyer
or
seller
agrees
to
buy
or
sell
a
stock
at a
future
time at an
agreed
upon
price
. Opposite of nearby
futures
contract.
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