Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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knock-out

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A provision in an option or other derivative contract, whereby the contract is immediately canceled if the price of the underlying instrument reaches a specified level during the life of the ...

T-bonds

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Long-term (more than ten years) obligations of the U.S. government that pay interest semiannually until they mature, at which time the principal and the final interest payment is paid to the ...

exempt commodity

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The Commodity Exchange Act defines an exempt commodity as any commodity other than an excluded commodity or an agricultural commodity. Examples include energy commodities and metals.

scale down

Financial services; Commodity exchange

To purchase or sell a scale down means to buy or sell at regular price intervals in a declining market.

exchange of futures for swaps (EFS)

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A privately negotiated transaction in which a position in a futures contract is exchanged for a swap position in the same or a related commodity, pursuant to the rules of a futures ~exchange ~~ ...

foreign exchange forward

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A transaction that solely involves the exchange of two different currencies on a specific future date at a fixed rate agreed upon on the inception of the contract covering the exchange.

agricultural trade option merchant

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Any person that is in the business of soliciting or entering option transactions involving an enumerated agricultural commodity that are not conducted or executed on or subject to the rules of an ...