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  • Contract Month

    ResourcesSee AlsoDelivery Month Futures Trading Consumer Protection Consumer Finance

  • Convergence

    Concept of Convergence in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Convergence: The tendency for prices of physicals and futures to approach one another, usually during the delivery month. Also called a ‘narrowing of the basis.’

  • Contract

    Concept of Contract in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following are some alternative definitions of Contract: (a) A term of reference describing a unit of trading for a commodity future or option or other derivative; (b) an agreement to buy or sell a specified commodity, […]

  • Commodity

    Concept of Commodity in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following are some alternative definitions of Commodity: (a) A commodity, as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act, includes the agricultural commodities enumerated in Section 1a(9) of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 USC […]

  • Commodity Exchange Authority

    Concept of Commodity Exchange Authority in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Commodity Exchange Authority: A regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture established to regulate futures trading under the Commodity Exchange Act between […]

  • Counterparty

    Concept of Counterparty in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Counterparty: The opposite party in a bilateral agreement, contract, or transaction, such as a swap. In the retail foreign exchange (or Forex) context, the party to which a retail […]

  • Correlation Swap

    Concept of Correlation Swap in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): A structure in which one party sells an option on a basket and simultaneously buys individual options on each of the basket constituents. The buyer of this […]

  • Commodity-Linked Bond

    Concept of Commodity-Linked Bond in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Commodity-Linked Bond: A bond in which payment to the investor is dependent to a certain extent on the price level of a commodity, such as crude oil, gold, or silver, at maturity.

  • Corn-Hog Ratio

    ResourcesSee AlsoFeed Ratio Futures Trading Consumer Protection Consumer Finance

  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    Concept of Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Commodity Futures Trading Commission: CFTC: The Federal regulatory agency established by the Commodity Futures Trading Act of 1974 to administer the Commodity […]

  • Correction

    Concept of Correction in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Correction: A temporary decline in prices during a bull market that partially reverses the previous rally. See Bear Market Rally.

  • Corporate

    Concept of Corporate in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): In the credit derivative (i.e. an instrument that transfers risk from one party to the other) market a corporate is a term used to describe a borrower that is a limited […]

  • Collections

    Definition of CollectionsThis is the meaning of Collections published by Marco Terry: Payments that the factor receives for invoices that were factored or by invoices that flow through their lock-box system.

  • Collateral Call

    Concept of Collateral Call in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): The process by which a demand for margin /collateral is issued to a counterparty.ResourcesSee AlsoDerivatives Contract

  • Commercial Paper

    Concept of Commercial paper in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Commercial paper: Short-term promissory notes issued in bearer form by large corporations, with maturities ranging from 5 to 270 days. Since the notes are unsecured, the commercial […]