Futures (Commodities & Derivatives) Terms

  1. Privilege Dealer

  2. Probability Density Function - PDF

  3. Procurement

  4. Proven Reserves

  5. Public Elevator

  6. Punter

  7. Purchase And Sale Statement - P&S

  8. Quadruple Witching

  9. Qualified Eligible Participant - QEP

  10. Quantity-Adjusting Option - Quanto Option

  11. Quanto Swap

  12. Range Forward Contract

  13. Rate Anticipation Swap

  14. Real Asset

  15. Reference Asset

  16. Reference Obligation

  17. Reference Rate

  18. Renewable Energy Certificate - REC

  19. Replacement Risk

  20. Replacement Swap

  21. Reporting Level

  22. Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer - RFED

  23. Retender

  24. Reverse Calendar Spread

  25. Reverse Cash-and-Carry-Arbitrage

  26. Reverse Conversion

  27. Rho

  28. Riding the Yield Curve

  29. Rig Utilization Rate

  30. Rings

  31. Risk Capital

  32. Rocket Scientist

  33. Rogue Trader

  34. Roll Forward

  35. Roll Yield

  36. Rollercoaster Swap

  37. Rolling Hedge

  38. Runner

  39. S&P 500 Mini

  40. S&P/ASX 200 Index

  41. S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indexes

  42. Sao Paolo Stock Exchange (SAO) .SA

  43. Scalper

  44. SEC Form 1-N

  45. SEC Form R31

  46. Section 1256 Contract

  47. Section 988

  48. Securities And Futures Commission - SFC

  49. Seller's Call

  50. Seller's Option

  51. Selling Hedge

  52. Semiconductor

  53. Serial Option

  54. Series 3

  55. Series 30

  56. Series 31

  57. Series 7

  58. Settlement Price

  59. Settlement Risk

  60. Settling Price

  61. Severability

  62. Shipping Certificate

  63. Shock Absorber

  64. Short Date Forward

  65. Short Gold ETF

  66. Short Hedge

  67. Short Market Value

  68. Short The Basis

  69. Silver

  70. Silver ETF

  71. Silver Thursday

  72. Single Stock Future - SSF

  73. Small Trader

  74. Soft Commodity

  75. Sold-Out Market

  76. Solutionary

  77. Sour Crude

  78. SPAN Margin

  79. Special Purpose Vehicle/Entity - SPV/SPE

  80. Speculative Bubble

  81. Speculator

  82. Split Close

  83. Spoo

  84. Spot Commodity

  85. Spot Delivery Month

  86. Spot Market

  87. Spot Price

  88. Spot Rate

  89. Spot Trade

  90. Spreadlock

  91. STIR Futures & Options

  92. Stock Replacement Strategy

  93. STOXX

  94. Street Book

  95. Strike Price

  96. Strong Hands

  97. Structural Change

  98. Structured Funds

  99. Sugar No.11

  100. Suitable (Suitability)

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