Finance

Category: C

  • Controlled Account

    Concept of Controlled Account in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Controlled Account: An account for which trading is directed by someone other than the owner. Also called a Managed Account or a Discretionary Account.

  • Cost of Tender

    Concept of Cost of Tender in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Cost of Tender: Total of various charges incurred when a commodity is certified and delivered on a futures contract.

  • Commercial Grain Stocks

    Concept of Commercial Grain Stocks in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Commercial Grain Stocks: Domestic grain in store in public and private elevators at important markets and grain afloat in vessels or barges in lake and seaboard ports.

  • Credit Derivative

    Concept of Credit Derivative in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Credit Derivative: A derivative contract designed to assume or shift credit risk, that is, the risk of a credit event such as a default or bankruptcy of a borrower. For example, a […]

  • Cascade

    Concept of Cascade in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Cascade: A situation in which the execution of market orders or stop loss orders on an electronic trading system triggers other stop loss orders which may, in turn, trigger still more stop […]

  • Cash Settlement

    Concept of Cash Settlement in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Cash Settlement: 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 […]

  • Collect

    Concept of Pay/Collect in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Pay/Collect: A shorthand method of referring to the payment of a loss (pay) and receipt of a gain (collect) by a clearing member to or from a clearing organization that occurs after a […]

  • Chooser Option

    Concept of Chooser Option in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Chooser Option: An exotic option that is transacted in the present, but that at some specified future date is chosen to be either a put or a call option.

  • Collateral Substitution

    Concept of Collateral Substitution in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): The process where one form of collateral is substituted for another for example cash instead of bonds.ResourcesSee AlsoDerivatives Contract

  • CFTC

    ResourcesSee AlsoCommodity Futures Trading Commission Futures Trading Consumer Protection Consumer Finance

  • Commercial Mortgage

    Commercial Mortgage Backed Index (cmbx)Concept of Commercial Mortgage Backed Index (cmbx) in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): A credit derivative (i.e. an instrument that transfers risk from one party to the other) index which […]

  • Cdo

    Cdo2Concept of Cdo2 in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): A CDO structure where the underlying portfolio is made up of one or more other CDOs.ResourcesSee AlsoDerivatives Contract

  • Collateralised Loan Obligation

    Collateralised Loan Obligation (clo)Concept of Collateralised Loan Obligation (clo) in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): The securities issued by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) where the cashflows payable under such securities […]

  • Commodity Index Fund

    Concept of Commodity Index Fund in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Commodity Index Fund: An investment fund that enters into futures or commodity swap positions for the purpose of replicating the return of an index of commodity prices or […]

  • Clearing Price

    ResourcesSee AlsoSettlement Price Futures Trading Consumer Protection Consumer Finance