Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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notional principal

Financial services; Commodity exchange

In an interest rate swap, forward rate agreement, or other derivative instrument, the amount or, in a currency swap, each of the amounts to which interest rates are applied in order to calculate ...

Any planned operation, transaction, or practice that causes or maintains an artificial price. Specific types include corners and squeezes as well as unusually large purchases or sales of a commodity ...

limit down

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The maximum price decline from the previous day's settlement price permitted during one trading session, as fixed by the rules of an exchange. In some futures contracts, the limit may be expanded or ...

limit up

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The maximum price advance from the previous day's settlement price permitted during one trading session, as fixed by the rules of an exchange. In some futures contracts, the limit may be expanded or ...

financial settlement

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A method of settling futures, options and other derivatives whereby the seller (or short) pays the buyer (or long) the cash value of the underlying commodity or a cash amount based on the level of an ...

mixed swap

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A mixed swap is a swap that has characteristics of both a swap and a security-based swap. For example, a credit default swap on a single firm that includes contingencies based on the price of a ...

one cancels the other (OCO) order

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A pair of orders, typically limit orders, whereby if one order is filled, the other order will automatically be cancelled. For example, an OCO order might consist of an order to buy 10 calls with a ...