When trading futures, does money perform the function of means of payment?
Money in economics, in a narrow sense, is a standard item used to exchange goods; Broadly speaking, it is an article as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, a means of payment and a means of value storage. Money is defined as assets in the form of stocks and bonds, as well as risks in the form of insurance and futures. So it is a medium of exchange and a measure of value.