Trading contract future
Before you start trading, it is important to understand how futures work - including how contracts differ across asset classes or individual products, what it means to trade in tick increments and that futures contracts have expiration dates. Sign up to receive our daily futures and options newsletter, In Focus. Futures Trading is the buying or selling of futures contracts that are agreements to deliver (or take delivery of) an underlying product at a certain delivery date and therefore, these contracts expire. A futures trading first notice day (FND) comes the day after an investor who has purchased a futures contract may be obliged to take physical delivery of the contract’s underlying commodity. The FND will vary depending on the contract and exchange rules.