Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

Industry: Financial services

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Commodity exchange

curb trading

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Trading by telephone or by other means that takes place after the official market has closed. Originally it took place in the street on the curb outside the market. Under CFTC rules, curb trading is ...

cash settlement

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Transactions generally involving index-based futures contracts that are settled in cash based on the actual value of the index on the last trading day, in contrast to those that specify the delivery ...

fast tape

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Transactions in the pit or ring take place in such volume and with such rapidity that price reporters are behind with price quotations, so insert "FAST" and show a range of prices.

broker association

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Two or more exchange members who (1) share responsibility for executing customer orders; (2) have access to each other's unfilled customer orders as a result of common employment or other types of ...

eurodollar

Financial services; Commodity exchange

U.S. dollar deposits placed with banks outside the U.S. Holders may include individuals, companies, banks and central banks.

invisible supply

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Uncounted stocks of a commodity in the hands of wholesalers, manufacturers and producers which cannot be identified accurately; stocks outside commercial channels but theoretically available to the ...