Options Terms

  1. 90/10 Strategy

  2. Abandonment

  3. Abandonment Option

  4. Absolute Return

  5. AC-DC Option

  6. Accelerated Option

  7. Accelerated Vesting

  8. Accreting Principal Swap

  9. Accrual Swap

  10. Accumulation/Distribution

  11. Accumulative Swing Index - ASI

  12. Actuals

  13. Actuarial Consultant

  14. Actuarial Equity

  15. Adjusted Exercise Price

  16. Advance Commitment

  17. African Development Bank - ADB

  18. Against Actual

  19. Agency Costs

  20. Aggregate Exercise Price

  21. Aggregation

  22. Aggressive Growth Fund

  23. Aggressor

  24. Airbag Swap

  25. Alligator Spread

  26. Allocation Notice

  27. Allowances

  28. Alpha Generator

  29. Alternative Investment

  30. Alternative Mortgage Instrument

  31. Altiplano Option

  32. American Option

  33. Amsterdam Stock Exchange (AEX) .AS

  34. Annapurna Option

  35. Annuitization Method

  36. Antedate

  37. Anti-Dilution Provision

  38. Anti-Takeover Measure

  39. Anticipatory Hedge

  40. Approved Delivery Facility

  41. Approved Participants

  42. Arbitrage Trading Program - ATP

  43. Arbitrage-Free Valuation

  44. ARM Margin

  45. Arrears Swap

  46. Asian Option

  47. Asian Tail

  48. Assay

  49. Asset Backed Credit Default Swap - ABCDS

  50. Asset Management Company - AMC

  51. Asset Swap

  52. Asset Swapped Convertible Option Transaction - ASCOT

  53. Asset-Or-Nothing Call Option

  54. Asset-or-Nothing Put Option

  55. Assign

  56. Assignable Contract

  57. Assignment

  58. Associated Person

  59. Association Of Futures Brokers And Dealers - AFBD

  60. Assumed Interest Rate - AIR

  61. Asymmetric Volatility Phenomenon - AVP

  62. At A Premium

  63. At The Market

  64. At The Money

  65. Atlantic Spread

  66. Atlas Options

  67. Australian Future Fund

  68. Authorized Forex Dealer

  69. Automated Clearing House - ACH

  70. Automated Customer Account Transfer Service - ACATS

  71. Automatic Exercise

  72. Autotrading

  73. Average Price Call

  74. Average Price Put

  75. Average Rate Option - ARO

  76. Average Strike Option

  77. Axe

  78. Back Fee

  79. Back Month Contract

  80. Back Months

  81. Backpricing

  82. Backspread

  83. Backwardation

  84. Bad Debt Reserve

  85. Bailard, Biehl And Kaiser Five-Way Model

  86. Balloon Option

  87. Baltic Exchange

  88. Banking And Securities Industry Committee - BASIC

  89. Barings Bank

  90. Barone-Adesi And Whaley Model

  91. Barrels Per Day - B/D

  92. Barrier Option

  93. Base Metals

  94. Basis

  95. Basis Differential

  96. Basis Grade

  97. Basis Quote

  98. Basis Risk

  99. Basket Option

  100. BAX Contract

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