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31Single-stock futures — (SSF s) are futures contracts with the underlying asset being one particular stock, usually in batches of 100. When purchased, no transmission of share rights or dividends occur. Being futures contracts they are traded on margin, thus offering… …
32Options On Futures — An option on a futures contract gives the holder the right to enter into a specified futures contract. If the option is exercised, the initial holder of the option would enter into the long side of the contract and would buy the underlying asset… …
33single-stock futures — ( SSF) Also known as Universal Stock Futures. Like other futures contracts, a single stock futures contract is an agreement for the purchase/sale of an underlying asset at some time in the future, with the terms (except for price) of the contract …
34London 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 …
35China Stock Index Futures — China Shanghai Shenzhen 300 Stock Index Futures[1][2], often abbreviated to Hushen 300 Index (Shanghai is commonly abbreviated in Chinese as Hù，and Shenzhen is abbreviated as shēn), designated by the commodity ticker symbol IF, is a stock market… …
36Delivery point (futures trading) — In a futures contract where the underlying is a physical object, such as grain or oil, the price of the futures contract is quoted assuming delivery of that physical object to a specific physical location in the world.[1] For instance, natural… …
37Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor — Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 29, 1986 …
38Exchange of Futures for Cash — A method by which opposite parties of a futures contract that has underlying cash commodities aim to close out their positions simultaneously. Also know as exchange for physicals (EFP). This process is similar to a swap and can be completed in… …
39derivative contract — A derivative, derivatives or derivative contracts are financial instruments whose value derives from the value and characteristics of underlying products. The underlying assets (often referred to as the underlying or underlier ) are extremely… …
40Bond Futures — A bond future is a contractual obligation for the contract holder to purchase or sell a bond on a specified date at a predetermined price. A bond future can be bought in a futures exchange market and the prices and dates are determined at the… …
