- interdelivery spread
- The purchase of one delivery month of a given futures contract and simultaneous sale of another delivery month of the same commodity on the same exchange. Also referred to as an intramarket or calendar spread. Chicago Board of Trade glossary————Used in futures or options market to refer the purchase of one month of a contract and selling another month in the same contract, in the hope that the price difference will widen or narrow, depending on the investment. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary————The purchase of one delivery month of a given commodity futures contract and the simultaneous sale of another delivery month of the same commodity futures contract on the same exchange. Exchange Handbook Glossary
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