When purchasing a future contract, the buyer of a futures contract:
A. must pay a set amount to the seller regardless of what the future price turns out to be.
B. assumes very little risk of the future price fluctuation of some asset.
C. agrees to pay the seller later where the payment is based on the future price of some asset.
D. none of these are true.
Answer: A
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