Mr Merton has described how Osaka's Dojima rice market offered forward contracts in the 17th century and organised futures trading by the 18th century.

默顿先生曾描述过大阪的堂岛米市(Dojima rice market)如何在17世纪提供远期合约，并于18世纪组织了期货交易。

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The risk of loss in trading futures contracts or options is substantial.

买卖期货合约或期权的亏蚀风险可以极大。

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The daily price limits and the minimum fluctuation of futures trading contracts shall be specified in each respective contract.

期货交易契约之每日升降幅度限制及升降单位，依各该契约规格订定之。

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On March 30th the exchange announced that, by the end of this year, it would start trading in plastics futures, the first such contracts in the world.

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You've got a tradeoff here between the deeper liquidity found in the nearer-term contracts and the lower trading costs of buying far-out futures that don't have to be rolled over so often.

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Eurex coveted the Board of Trade's biggest contracts, futures on Treasury bonds, which were still rooted in its old-fashioned trading floors.

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