Antwerp Commodity Exchange

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Commodity exchanges are the most highly organized commodity markets, and are markets that place standard commodity futures trading at the center of trading. Futures trading is a transaction in which goods can be bought and sold under the condition that they will be delivered by a certain date, even if the goods are not prepared at the time the purchase and sale is agreed upon. Standard commodity futures trading is a futures transaction in which a certain brand is determined to be the standard product, and a brand that can be delivered at a certain price difference based on that standard product is selected. In futures trading, as long as a margin of about 10% of the total price of the product is paid as collateral, it is possible to sell the product even if you do not own it, and to buy the product even if you have no intention of taking delivery of the product.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Antwerp Commodity Exchange is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

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　商品取引所は商品市場のなかで最も高度に組織化され，取引の中心を標準品先物取引に置く市場である。先物取引とは，売買を約束した時点で商品を用意していなくとも，いついつまでに受渡しするという条件で売買できる取引である。標準品先物取引とは，ある銘柄を標準品と決め，その標準品を基準にして一定の価格差で受渡しできる銘柄を選んでおいて行う先物取引をいう。　先物取引では，その商品の総代金の1割程度の証拠金を担保として納めれば，商品をもっていなくとも売ることができ，また商品を引き取る考えがなくとも買うことができる。…

※「アントワープ商品取引所」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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