Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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Commodity exchange

abandon

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The act of an option holder in electing not to exercise or offset an option.

crushing

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The act of processing soybeans into soybean meal and oil.

exercise

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The action taken by the holder of a call option if he wishes to purchase the underlying futures contract or by the holder of a put option if he wishes to sell the underlying futures contract.

contract unit

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The actual amount of a commodity represented in a contract.

The amount (in an interest rate swap, forward rate agreement, or other derivative instrument) or each of the amounts (in a currency swap) to which interest rates are applied (whether or not expressed ...

loan rate

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The amount lent per unit of a commodity to farmers.

in sight

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The amount of a particular commodity that arrives at terminal or central locations is or near producing areas. When a commodity is "in sight," it is inferred that reasonably prompt delivery can be ...