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91Last Trading Day — The final day that a futures contract may trade or be closed out before delivery of the underlying asset or cash settlement must occur. By the end of the last trading day, the contract holder must be prepared to accept delivery of the commodity,… …
92Strong Hands — 1. The intention of futures contract holders to receive delivery of the underlying commodity.   2. A futures contract holder that is a well financed speculator.   1. Only about 2% of futures contract holders ever actually take… …
93bear spread — In most commodities and financial instruments, the term refers to selling the nearby contract month, and buying the deferred contract, to profit from a change in the price relationship. Chicago Board of Trade glossary Sale of a near month futures …
94hedge ratio — The relationship between the number of contracts required for a direct hedge and the number of contracts required to hedge in a specific situation. The concept of hedging is to match the size of a positive cash flow from a gaining futures… …
95delta — A measure of how much an option premium changes, given a unit change in the underlying futures price. Delta often is interpreted as the probability that the option will be in the money by expiration. Chicago Board of Trade glossary The… …
96Outline of finance — The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to finance: Finance – addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses and organizations raise, allocate and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks… …
97Normal backwardation — 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 backwardation will increase in value until it equals the spot price of the underlying… …
98Bursa Malaysia — Berhad Type Public (KLSE:[1]) Industry Stock Exchange Founded 1964 Headquarters 15th Floor, Exchange Square, Bukit Kewangan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Ma …
99market — Usually refers to the equity market. The market went down today means that the value of the stock market dropped that day. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. market mar‧ket 1 [ˈmɑːkt ǁ ˈmɑːr ] noun 1. [countable] COMMERCE the activity of… …
100List of finance topics — Topics in finance include:Fundamental financial concepts* Finance an overview ** Arbitrage ** Capital (economics) ** Capital asset pricing model ** Cash flow ** Cash flow matching ** Debt *** Default *** Consumer debt *** Debt consolidation ***… …
