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Continuous Futures Contract

Trading Term
  1. A series of monthly and quarterly futures contracts spliced together
  2. In TWS, this is a market data feature that allows you to no longer have to re-enter expired contracts. Additionally, you can chart the future across multiple expiries, and apply moving averages and other technical studies that aren’t relevant with the limited life of a single monthly or quarterly contract.

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