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121Over-the-counter (finance) — Within the derivatives markets, many products are traded through exchanges. An exchange has the benefit of facilitating liquidity and also mitigates all credit risk concerning the default of a member of the exchange. Products traded on the… …
122Open interest — (also known as open contracts or open commitments) refers to the total number of derivative contracts, like futures and options, that have not been settled in the immediately previous time period for a specific underlying security. A large open… …
123Contract for difference — In finance, a contract for difference (or CFD) is a contract between two parties, typically described as buyer and seller , stipulating that the buyer will pay to the seller the difference between the current value of an asset and its value at… …
124Valuation of options — Further information: Option: Model implementation In finance, a price (premium) is paid or received for purchasing or selling options. This price can be split into two components. These are: Intrinsic Value Time Value Contents 1 Intrinsic Value 2 …
125Covered call — Payoffs and profits from buying stock and writing a call. A covered call is a financial market transaction in which the seller of call options owns the corresponding amount of the underlying instrument, such as shares of a stock or other… …
126Constant proportion portfolio insurance — (CPPI) is a capital guarantee derivative security that embeds a dynamic trading strategy in order to provide participation to the performance of a certain underlying asset. See also dynamic asset allocation. The intuition behind CPPI was adopted… …
127Collar (finance) — In finance, a collar is an option strategy that limits the range of possible positive or negative returns on an underlying to a specific range. Contents 1 Equity Collar 1.1 Structure 1.2 Example 2 …
128Naked put — Payoffs and profits from writing a short put A naked put (also called an uncovered put) is a put option where the option writer (i.e., the seller) does not have a position in the underlying stock or other instrument. This strategy is best used by …
