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Futures is an agreement between buyer and sell to buy/sell the underlying assets at the specific price in the predetermined time in the future. Buyers have obligations to buy the underlying assets at the specific price and quantity whereas sellers have obligations to sell the underlying assets at the predetermined price and quantity.

Types of underlying assets that allowed to be traded are Futures, Options, and Options on Futures of the following underlying assets :

• Equity : Equity Index
• Debt : Treasury bills, Interest Rate
• Price Index : Gold, Crude Oil, Foreign Exchange

Thailand Futures Exchange will launch SET50 Index Futures as a futures first product. Bond Futures and Interest Rate Futures will be next.