Category: R

  • Runners

    Concept of Runners in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Runners: Messengers or clerks on a trading floor who deliver orders received by phone clerks to brokers for execution in the pit.

  • Reaction

    Concept of Reaction in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Reaction: A downward price movement after a price advance.

  • Rally

    Concept of Rally in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Rally: An upward movement of prices.

  • Required Transaction

    Concept of Required Transaction in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Required Transaction: Refers to those swaps transactions on swap execution facilities that are subject to the trade execution mandate and thus must be traded on a SEF or DCM. […]

  • Resting Order

    Concept of Resting Order in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Resting Order: A limit order to buy at a price below or to sell at a price above the prevailing market that is being held by a floor broker. Such orders may either be day orders or…

  • Regular Warehouse

    Concept of Regular Warehouse in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Regular Warehouse: A processing plant or warehouse that satisfies exchange requirements for financing, facilities, capacity, and location and has been approved as acceptable for […]

  • Recourse Factoring

    Definition of Recourse FactoringThis is the meaning of Recourse Factoring published by Marco Terry: A form of factoring where the factoring company will not absorb any credit losses that result from a customer defaulting on an invoice. See non recourse factoring.

  • Redemption

    Target Redemption Note (tarn)Concept of Target Redemption Note (tarn) in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): A note which is redeemed immediately at par when the aggregate coupons paid under the note reach a specified […]

  • Recovery Rate Swap

    Concept of Recovery Rate Swap 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) where the payoff is based on the difference between a preset fixed […]

  • Retracement

    Concept of Retracement in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Retracement: A reversal within a major price trend.

  • Ratio Vertical Spread

    ResourcesSee AlsoFront Spread Futures Trading Consumer Protection Consumer Finance

  • Range Accruals

    Concept of Range Accruals in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): A form of interest accrual in which the coupon rate is only earned on days when another rate from which the coupon is derived falls within a specified range. As such, […]

  • Risked-Based Margining

    ResourcesSee AlsoPortfolio Margining Futures Trading Consumer Protection Consumer Finance

  • Round Trip Trading

    ResourcesSee AlsoWash Trading Futures Trading Consumer Protection Consumer Finance

  • Retail Customer

    Concept of Retail Customer in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Retail Customer: A customer that does not qualify as an eligible contract participant under Section 1a(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 USC 1a(18). An individual with total assets […]