Roll-Over

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Concept of Roll-Over in Futures Trading

In this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Roll-Over: A trading procedure involving the shift of one month of a straddle into another future month while holding the other contract month. The shift can take place in either the long or short straddle month. The term also applies to lifting a near futures position and re-establishing it in a more deferred delivery month.