Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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Commodity exchange

index arbitrage

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The simultaneous purchase (sale) of stock index futures and the sale (purchase) of some or all of the component stocks which make up the particular stock index to profit from sufficiently large inter ...

option spread

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The simultaneous purchase and sale of one or more options contracts, futures, and/or cash positions.

arbitrage

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The simultaneous purchase and sale of similar commodities in different markets to take advantage of price discrepancy.

forced liquidation

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The situation in which a customer's account is liquidated (open positions are offset) by the brokerage firm holding the account, usually after notification that the account is undercapitalized ...