Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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certified stocks

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Stocks of a commodity that have been inspected and found to be of a quality deliverable against futures contracts, stored at the delivery points designated as regular or acceptable for delivery by a ...

deliverable stocks

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Stocks of commodities located in exchange approved storage, for which receipts may be used in making delivery on futures contracts. In the cotton trade, the term refers to cotton certified for ...

hedging

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Taking a position in a futures market opposite to a position held in the cash market to minimize the risk of financial loss from an adverse price change; a purchase or sale of futures as a temporary ...

chartist

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Technical trader who reacts to signals derived from graphs of price movements.

original margin

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Term applied to the initial deposit of margin money each clearing member firm is required to make according to clearinghouse rules based upon positions carried, determined separately for customer and ...