Perpetual trading

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Perpetual futures contracts, as the name suggests, do not have an expiration date. Therefore, traders do not need to keep track of various delivery months, unlike quarterly futures contracts. For instance, a trader can keep a short position to perpetuity, unless he gets liquidated.