Category: Business
Created by: Cherryhqh
Number of Blossarys: 2
Investment brokers specializing in commodities futures, or derivative contracts to sell and buy assets at a future date for the current price, similarly to stock options. Unlike stocks, future ...
An individual or organization accepting orders to buy or sell futures or futures options. A person or organization in this role needs to be certified by the Commodities and Futures Trading ...
1. Futures trading: Probability of loss for traders hedging on a futures market in a foreign country or a different region. The traders encounter risk due to the unfamiliar manner in which those ...
Contract used in futures trading where the futures price is determined when the contract is created, but the basis level is not determined until later, usually just before delivery. A hedge to arrive ...
Position taken by a person who is ready to risk everything on the price of the underlying increasing or decreasing and goes long or short accordingly. The alternate trade that can be adopted instead ...
A type of financial derivative that has its transaction directly negotiated between two parties rather than through an exchange. Some financial derivatives, such as a swap, a forward rate agreement ...
The actual commodity that is delivered to the contract buyer at the completion of a commodity contract in the spot market or the futures market. also called physicals.