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The investors buy or sell the contracts relating to the commodities in the futures markets. These contracts contain the quality of the commodity, its quantity , its delivery date (its expiration date) and its price. The commodities used in futures contracts are: Cattles , poultries , cereals, flour , wheat , corn , soybean , oil , gold , silver , palladium , platin, copper , cotton , treasury bill , foreign currency (Deutschmark, yen , sterling, Swiss franc ), stock indices (MMI , S&P500 , Value Line , NYSE , CAC- 40, FT-SE 100 etc. ). In this site the short history ,the properties ,the reasons of preference and the pricing of futures contracts will be explained . You can find the notions about futures markets in notions sections. The information about stock index futures whose the preparation of foundation in Turkey is going on is available in stock index futures sections. Can Aydinoglu , Ph.D.   
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