Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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Commodity exchange

introducing broker (IB)

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Any person (other than a person registered as an "associated person" of a futures commission merchant) who is engaged in soliciting or in accepting orders for the purchase or sale of any commodity ...

floor broker

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Any person who, in any pit, ring, post or other place provided by a contract market for the meeting of persons similarly engaged, executes for another person any orders for the purchase or sale of ...

double hedging

Financial services; Commodity exchange

As used by the CFTC, it implies a situation where a trader holds a long position in the futures market in excess of the speculative limit as an offset to a fixed price sale even though the trader has ...

financial instruments

Financial services; Commodity exchange

As used by the CFTC, this term generally refers to any futures or option contract that is not based on an agricultural commodity or a natural resource. It includes currencies, securities, mortgages, ...

bullion

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Bars or ingots of precious metals, usually cast in standardized sizes.

eurodollar bonds

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Bonds issued in Europe by corporate or government interests outside the boundary of the national capital market, denominated in dollars.

buying hedge

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Buyer futures contracts to protect against a possible price increase of cash commodities that will e purchased in the future. At the time the cash commodities are bought, the open futures position is ...