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Managing Expiration Dates

All futures contracts have expiration dates. There are three basic approaches for managing the expiration of futures contracts:

Offset your position: Prior to expiration, you may offset by covering (buying back) a short position or selling a long position. You don't have to wait until the expiration date to complete your trade. Many investors choose to offset equity futures positions before expiration.

Wait until the contract expires, then make or take delivery: On the expiration date, holders of short positions of ETF or stock futures are required to deliver physical shares of the underlying security, and holders of long positions take delivery of the underlying security.

Roll the position over from one contract expiration into the next: If you hold
a long position in an expiration month, you can simultaneously sell that expiration month and buy the next expiration month for an agreed-upon price differential. Thus the position is transferred, or rolled forward, and can be held for a longer period.

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