Cash Trades are done for one hour in the day and are settled the same day. The Seller has to deliver the warehouse receipt and Buyer has to make payment before the closure of the banking hours. On receipt of payment from the Buyer, Clearing House will release and endorse the warehouse receipt in favor of the Buyer. All the trades are settled individually on trade for trade basis.

Spot Trades done for two hours in the day are settled on the third day from the date of transaction. The settlement is done on T+2 day i.e. trade done on Monday will be settled on Wednesday. The Seller has to deliver the warehouse receipt and Buyer has to make payment before the closure of the banking hours on the third working day. On receipt of payment from the Buyer, Clearing House will release and endorse the warehouse receipt in favour of the Buyer. All the trades are settled individually on trade-for-trade basis.

Trades for weekly settlements are done during the prescribed hours in the day are settled on the fifth day from the date of transaction. The settlement is done on T+5 rolling day i.e. trade done on Monday will be settled on next Monday. The Seller has to deliver the warehouse receipt and Buyer has to make payment before the closure of the banking hours on the fifth working day. On receipt of payment from the Buyer, Clearing House will release endorse the warehouse receipt in favour of the Buyer. All the trades are settled individually on trade-for-trade basis. The transactions are not netted for the purpose of settlement.

The terms of delivery of commodities may vary from trade to trade as decided by the contracting parties at the time of entering into transaction. Such specific terms could be related to delivery date, delivery center, quality of commodity, pricing basis (FOB, CIF), payment terms etc.

The transactions are not done on anonymous basis i.e. transactions are done knowing the counter party.

Both the parties to trade enter into transactions after knowing the terms of contract, which may vary from trade to trade. However, there are standard definitions for various terms of contracts.

Exchange will monitor performance of these contracts and if required, impose mark to market margins on the open, unsettled contracts depending upon the volatility in the commodity.

All the members entitled to trade in a commodity will be allowed to trade in these Specific Delivery markets.

The Futures Market is primarily intended for Hedging and Speculation. Contracts in Futures Market results mostly in Cash Settlement and do not frequently result in delivery. The Clearing House guarantees trades executed on the exchange. Contracts that are not closed out and are due for delivery will be delivered and settled through the warehouse receipts. NMCEIL is having 12 delivery month contracts as separate contracts for each commodity being traded at NMCEIL. All contracts are settled on daily basis at the daily settlement price till the final delivery of commodity on the expiry date.

Futures market consists of various book types wherein orders are segregated as Regular lot orders, Special Term orders, Negotiated Trade Entries and Stop Loss orders depending on their order attributes. All orders have to be of regular lot size or multiples thereof.