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  • Intermediary

    Concept of Intermediary in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Intermediary: A person who acts on behalf of another person in connection with futures trading, such as a futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity pool operator, […]

  • Commodity Exchange

    Concept of Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) in Futures TradingIn this context of the United States financial law, the following is a definition of Commodity Exchange Act (CEA): The Commodity Exchange Act, 7 USC 1, et seq., provides for the federal regulation of commodity futures and options trading […]

  • Related Exchange

    Concept of Related Exchange in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): The principal derivatives exchange on which listed options or futures contracts on the share or index are traded.ResourcesSee AlsoDerivatives Contract

  • Conversion Factors

    Concept of Conversion Factors in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Conversion Factors: Numbers published by a futures exchange to determine invoice prices for debt instruments deliverable against bond or note futures contracts. A separate […]

  • Obligation

    Obligation AccelerationConcept of Obligation Acceleration in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): A credit event term used in a credit derivative (i.e. an instrument that transfers risk from one party to the other) when one or more […]

  • Credit Event

    Concept of Credit Event in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Credit Event: An event such as a debt default or bankruptcy that will affect the payoff on a credit derivative, as defined in the derivative agreement.

  • Client

    Definition of ClientThis is the meaning of Client published by Marco Terry: A factoring client who sells their invoices to the factor. Not to be confused with the term customer.

  • Carrying Charges

    Concept of Carrying Charges in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Carrying Charges: Also called Cost of Carry. Cost of storing a physical commodity or holding a financial instrument over a period of time. These charges include insurance, storage, […]

  • Seat

    Concept of Seat in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Seat: An instrument granting trading privileges on an exchange. If the exchange has a mutual ownership structure, a seat may also represent an ownership interest in the exchange.

  • Chartist

    Concept of Chartist in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Chartist: Technical trader who reacts to signals derived from graphs of price movements.

  • Customer

    Definition of CustomerThis is the meaning of Customer published by Marco Terry: A company that purchases products or services from the factoring client and who will pay the invoice that is factored by the client.

  • Commodity Exchange Commission

    Concept of Commodity Exchange Commission (CEC) in Futures TradingIn this context of the United States financial law, the following is a definition of Commodity Exchange Commission (CEC): The Commodity Exchange Commission was the successor commission to the Grain Futures Commission, which was […]

  • Accounts Receivable

    Definition of Accounts ReceivableThis is the meaning of Accounts Receivable published by Marco Terry: Money that is owed to you by your customers, usually by issuing an invoice that is due to be paid within a certain period of time. A/R appears in the balance sheet as an asset since it’s […]

  • Delta

    Concept of Delta in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Delta: A calculation of the expected change in an option’s price given a one-unit change in the price of the underlying commodity or asset. For example, the price of an option with a delta of […]

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