Category: E
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Exempt Commodity
Concept of Exempt Commodity in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Exempt Commodity: The Commodity Exchange Act defines an exempt commodity as any commodity other than an excluded commodity or an agricultural commodity. Examples include energy […]
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Exotic Options
Concept of Exotic Options in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Exotic Options: Any of a wide variety of options with non-standard payout structures or other features, including Asian options and lookback options.
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Energy Information Administration
Concept of Energy Information Administration (EIA) in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Energy Information Administration (EIA): An agency of the US Department of Energy that provides statistics, data, analysis on resources, supply, production, […]
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Export Debt
Definition of Export DebtThis is the meaning of Export Debt published by Marco Terry: Money that is owed to a client from a customer that is located overseas.
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Exercise
Concept of Exercise in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): The process by which the buyer of an option may take up the right to buy or sell the underlying asset.ResourcesSee AlsoDerivatives Contract
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Exchange Traded Fund
Concept of Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Exchange Traded Fund (ETF): An investment vehicle holding a commodity or other asset that issues shares that are traded like a stock on a securities exchange.
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Enumerated Agricultural Commodities
Concept of Enumerated Agricultural Commodities in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Enumerated Agricultural Commodities: The commodities specifically listed in Section 1a(9) of the Commodity Exchange Act: wheat, cotton, rice, corn, oats, barley, […]
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Equity
Concept of Equity in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Equity: As used on a trading account statement, refers to the residual dollar value of a futures or option trading account, assuming it was liquidated at current prices.
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Expiration Date
Concept of Expiration Date in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Expiration Date: The date on which an option contract automatically expires; the last day an option may be exercised.
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Extrinsic Value
ResourcesSee AlsoTime Value Futures Trading Consumer Protection Consumer Finance
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Emergency
Concept of Emergency in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Emergency: Any market occurrence or circumstance which requires immediate action and threatens or may threaten such things as the fair and orderly trading in, or the liquidation of, or […]
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Effective Date
Concept of Effective Date in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): The date on which obligations under a derivative (i.e. an instrument that transfers risk from one party to the other) transaction begin to accrue or take […]
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EIA
ResourcesSee AlsoEnergy Information Administration Futures Trading Consumer Protection Consumer Finance
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Eligible Commercial Entity
Concept of Eligible Commercial Entity in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Eligible Commercial Entity: An eligible contract participant or other entity approved by the CFTC that has a demonstrable ability to make or take delivery of an underlying […]
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Eurocurrency
Concept of Eurocurrency in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Eurocurrency: Certificates of Deposit (CDs), bonds, deposits, or any capital market instrument issued outside of the national boundaries of the currency in which the instrument is […]