The agency said the launch would be part of a future contract.

美国国家航空航天局表示，此次发射将是未来合同的一部分。

So do millions of futures contracts that buyers and sellers employ to manage risk.

买家和卖家用来管理风险的数百万份期货合约也是如此。

The digital currency debuted on a major U.S. exchange with its first futures contract on Dec.10.

该数字货币于 12 月 10 日在美国一家主要交易所首次亮相，并推出了首个期货合约。

Because tulips can only be harvested during certain months of the year, the Dutch starting buying tulip futures contracts.

由于郁金香只能在一年中的特定月份收获，荷兰人开始购买郁金香期货合约。

For the relation between the 'spot' and 'future' contracts, as quoted in the market, is notoriously different for different commodities.

因为众所周知， 市场上报价的“现货” 和“期货” 合约之间的关系对于不同的商品是不同的。

A futures-linked fund needs to roll forward futures contracts as existing ones expire, which is costly; so is the requirement to park hefty collateral at the CME.

期货挂钩基金需要在现有期货合约到期时展期，代价非常大；在芝加哥商品交易所存放大量抵押品的要求也是如此。

What is more, commodity futures—contracts offering exposure without requiring the purchase of actual barrels of oil or bushels of wheat—look like a diversified investor's dream asset.

更重要的是，商品期货——无需购买实际桶装石油或蒲式耳小麦即可提供敞口的合约——看起来像是多元化投资者的梦想资产。

For here also the difference between the 'spot' and 'future' contracts for a foreign money in terms of sterling are not, as a rule, the same for different foreign moneys.

因为对于不同的外国货币，以英镑计价的外国货币的“即期”和“期货”合约之间的差异通常也不相同。

Well, you wouldn’t be the only one! Bitcoin’s value has recently gone up quite a lot and this has caused a lot of interest.In fact, one stock exchange in Chicago has begun trading in Bitcoin futures contracts.

不止你如此。比特币的价格上升极快，带来极大的利益。事实上芝加哥的一家股票交易所已经开始以比特币期货合同进行交易了。