Category: Business
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Number of Blossarys: 2
A method of determining the theoretical value of a futures contract. The metric includes such factors as carrying costs, spot prices, exchange rates, convenience yields and other time-sensitive ...
A cash market transaction in which a seller agrees to deliver a specific cash commodity to a buyer at some point in the future. Unlike futures contracts (which occur through a clearing firm), cash ...
CCI. An index used in technical analysis which shows cyclical patterns in commodities. For commodities that cycle on a 60-day basis an analyst would use a CCI of 20 days. To calculate the CCI you ...
Position taken by a person who is ready to risk everything on the price of the underlying increasing or decreasing and goes long or short accordingly. The alternate trade that can be adopted instead ...
A type of financial derivative that has its transaction directly negotiated between two parties rather than through an exchange. Some financial derivatives, such as a swap, a forward rate agreement ...
The actual commodity that is delivered to the contract buyer at the completion of a commodity contract in the spot market or the futures market. also called physicals.
A legal document offering securities or mutual fund shares for sale, required by the Securities Act of 1933. It must explain the offer, including the terms, issuer, objectives (if mutual fund) or ...