Futures (Commodities & Derivatives) Terms

  1. London Metal Exchange - LME

  2. Long Hedge

  3. Long Jelly Roll

  4. Long Straddle

  5. Long The Basis

  6. Look-Alike Contracts

  7. Low Exercise Price Option - LEPO

  8. Macro-Hedge

  9. Managed Futures

  10. Managed Futures Account

  11. Margin

  12. Mark To Market - MTM

  13. Mark To Model

  14. Market Index Target-Term Security - MITTS

  15. Market Is Up

  16. Market Proxy

  17. Market Technicians Association - MTA

  18. Master Swap Agreement

  19. Miami Stock Exchange

  20. Micro-Hedge

  21. Mini-Sized Dow Options

  22. Minimum Price Contract

  23. Mismatch Risk

  24. Model Risk

  25. Modified Following

  26. Montreal Exchange

  27. Mortgage Pipeline

  28. Mr. Copper

  29. MSCI All Country World Commodity Producers Sector Capped Index (MSCI AWC)

  30. Multiple Linear Regression - MLR

  31. Mumbai Interbank Forward Offer Rate - MIFOR

  32. Municipals-Over-Bonds Spread - MOB

  33. Must Be Filled - MBF

  34. Mutualization Of Risk

  35. Narrow Basis

  36. National Commodities And Derivatives Exchange - NCDEX

  37. National Futures Association - NFA

  38. Natural Capital

  39. Natural Gas ETF

  40. Nearby Month

  41. Negative Carry

  42. Netback

  43. New York Board Of Trade - NYBOT

  44. New York Futures Exchange - NYFE

  45. New York Mercantile Exchange - NYMEX

  46. NFA Compliance Rule 2-43b

  47. Nick Leeson

  48. No Dealing Desk

  49. Nominal Quotation

  50. Non-Deliverable Forward - NDF

  51. Non-Member Trader

  52. Noncommercial Trader

  53. Nonfinancial Asset

  54. Noon Average Rate Contract - NARC

  55. North Sea Brent Crude

  56. Note Against Bond Spread - NOB

  57. Notional Value

  58. Offset

  59. Oil ETF

  60. Omnibus Account

  61. On Track

  62. Online Trading

  63. OPEC Basket

  64. Open Interest

  65. Open Outcry

  66. Operational Efficiency

  67. Options Clearing Corporation - OCC

  68. Options On Futures

  69. Outright Futures Position

  70. Over-Hedging

  71. Overnight Index Swap

  72. Palladium

  73. Participatory Notes

  74. Pay/Collect

  75. Physical Delivery

  76. Physical Option

  77. Pin Risk

  78. Pit

  79. Plain Vanilla

  80. Platinum

  81. Point Balance

  82. Points

  83. Political Futures

  84. Pork Bellies

  85. Portfolio Insurance

  86. Portfolio Margin

  87. Position Limit

  88. Position Trader

  89. Positive Carry

  90. Posted Price

  91. Pre-Arranged Trading

  92. Precious Metals

  93. Prediction Market

  94. Predictive Market

  95. Previous Close

  96. Price Basing

  97. Price Channel

  98. Price Discovery

  99. Price Swap Derivative

  100. Primary Instrument

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