“Commodity contract” defined.
1. “Commodity contract” means any account, agreement or contract for the purchase or sale, primarily for speculation or investment purposes and not for use or consumption by the offeree or purchaser, of one or more commodities, whether for immediate or subsequent delivery or whether delivery is intended by the parties, and whether characterized as a cash contract, deferred shipment or deferred delivery contract, forward contract, futures contract, installment or margin contract, leverage contract or otherwise. Any commodity contract offered or sold, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is presumed to be offered or sold for speculation or investment purposes.
2. “Commodity contract” does not include any contract or agreement which requires, and under which the purchaser receives, within 28 calendar days after the payment of any portion of the purchase price, physical delivery of the total amount of each commodity to be purchased under the contract or agreement.
Last modified: February 26, 2006