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• A market in which contracts for future delivery of a commodity or a security are bought and sold. Nymex is the primary futures market for energy commodities in the United States.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Futures market. (n.d.). Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/futures-market.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Futures market. www.ferc.gov. Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. FERC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/futures-market (accessed: March 20, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Futures market." Guide to Market Oversight Glossary. FERC. 20 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/futures-market.

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