Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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Commodity exchange

class (of options)

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Options of the same type (i.e., either puts or calls, but not both) covering the same underlying futures contract or other asset (e.g., a March call with a strike price of 62 and a May call with a ...

event market

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A market in derivatives whose payoff is based on a specified event or occurrence such as the release of a macroeconomic indicator, a corporate earnings announcement, or the dollar value of damages ...

single dealer platform

Financial services; Commodity exchange

An electronic trading venue in which one dealer is the counterparty to and market maker for all trades. Unlike trading facilities, the firm involved in every trade is itself a dealer, looking to ...

trading at settlement (TAS)

Financial services; Commodity exchange

An exchange rule which permits the parties to a futures trade during a trading day to agree that the price of the trade will be that day’s settlement price (or the settlement price plus or minus a ...

box spread

Financial services; Commodity exchange

An option position in which the owner establishes a long call and a short put at one strike price and a short call and a long put at another strike price, all of which are in the same contract month ...

end user exception

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The Dodd-Frank Act’s provision that exempts non-financial entities that are end users from the clearing mandate thus allowing end users to execute swaps bilaterally for the purpose of hedging or ...

weather derivative

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A derivative whose payoff is based on a specified weather event, for example, the average temperature in Chicago in January. Such a derivative can be used to hedge risks related to the demand for ...