derivatives trading
111Margin (finance) — For the 2011 film, see Margin Call. In finance, a margin is collateral that the holder of a financial instrument has to deposit to cover some or all of the credit risk of their counterparty (most often their broker or an exchange). This risk can… …
112VIX — For other uses, see Vix (disambiguation). VIX Index from inception to October 2008 VIX is the ticker symbol for the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index, a popular measure of the implied volatility of S P 500 index options.… …
113Binary option — In finance, a binary option is a type of option where the payoff is either some fixed amount of some asset or nothing at all. The two main types of binary options are the cash or nothing binary option and the asset or nothing binary option. The… …
114Collateralized debt obligation — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond …
115Options strategies — can favor movements in the underlying that are bullish, bearish or neutral. In the case of neutral strategies, they can be further classified into those that are bullish on volatility and those that are bearish on volatility. The option positions …
116Contango — The graph depicts how the price of a single forward contract will behave through time in relation to the expected future price at any point time. A contract in contango will decrease in value until it equals the spot price of the underlying at… …
117London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange — This article is about the LIFFE, until the takeover by Euronext LIFFE Trader opposite Cannon Street station. The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE, pronounced life ) is a futures exchange based in London. LIFFE is …
118Lehman Brothers — Industry Investment services Fate Chapter 11 bankruptcy Founded 1850, Montgomery, Alabama, US …
119Open 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… …
120Weather risk management — is a type of risk management done by organizations to address potential financial losses caused by unusual weather.OverviewEnergy, agriculture, transportation, construction, municipalities, school districts, travel, food processors, retail sales… …
