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This glossary presents terms related to Futures,from simple term, like future contract to complex term, like Meff Renta Variable.

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A futures contract (more colloquially, futures) is a standardized contract between two parties to buy or sell a specified asset of standardized quantity and quality for a price agreed upon today with ...

Domain: Banking; Category: General banking

A pre-established agreement between an investor and a broker that allows the broker to place trades without first notifying the investor. This may be allowable in certain instances where an option or ...

Domain: Banking; Category: Investment banking

A quote used for futures contracts which simplifies the quoted price. A basis quote is written as a given dollar amount higher or lower than the price of an existing futures contract. For example, a ...

Domain: Banking; Category: Investment banking

APT. An electronic trading system used by LIFFE that replicates the outcry method of trading of securities. Automated pit trading is a screen-based platform launched in 1989. Its use extends the ...

Domain: Banking; Category: Investment banking

Definitions (2) 1. A trader who holds a position that exceeds the reporting level set by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or the exchange, and therefore must turn in daily trading reports ...

Domain: Banking; Category: Investment banking

Physical commodity on the futures market that is available for trade. The actual amount or quantity, however, is not known, usually because the commodity is being held by various people such as ...

Domain: Banking; Category: Investment banking

A futures market in which nearby month contracts are selling at higher prices than those of deferred months; except for an interest rate futures market, which is inverted when distant contracts are ...

Domain: Banking; Category: Investment banking

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