Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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repurchase agreement

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A transaction in which one party sells a security to another party while agreeing to repurchase it from the counterparty at some date in the future, at an agreed price. Repos allow traders to ...

indirect bucketing

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Also referred to as indirect trading against. It occurs when a floor broker effectively trades opposite his customer in a pair of non-competitive transactions by buying (selling) opposite an ...

Named after Charles Ponzi, a man with a remarkable criminal career in the early 20th century, the term has been used to describe pyramid arrangements whereby an enterprise makes payments to investors ...

enumerated agricultural commodities

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The commodities specifically listed in Section 1a(9) of the Commodity Exchange Act: wheat, cotton, rice, corn, oats, barley, rye, flaxseed, grain sorghums, mill feeds, butter, eggs, Solanum tuberosum ...

security-based swap

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Any agreement, contract, or transaction that otherwise meets the definition of a swap but is also designated a security by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In practice, security-based swaps base ...

portfolio margining

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A method for setting margin requirements that evaluates positions as a group or portfolio and takes into account the potential for losses on some positions to be offset by gains on others. ...

trading facility

Financial services; Commodity exchange

In general, a person or group of persons that provides a physical or electronic facility or system in which multiple participants have the ability to execute or trade agreements, contracts, or ...