Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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Commodity exchange

Commodity Exchange Authority

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture established to administer the Commodity Exchange Act prior to 1975; the predecessor of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Pulpit

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A raised structure adjacent to, or in the centre of, the pit or ring at a futures exchange where market reporters, employed by the exchange, record price changes as they occur in the trading pit.

Delivery option

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A provision of a futures contract which provides the short with flexibility in regard to timing, location, quantity, or quality in the delivery process.

Forward purchase or sale

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A purchase or sale between commercial parties of an actual commodity for deferred delivery.

Closing range

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A range of prices at which buy and sell transactions took place during the market close.

Opening range

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A range of prices at which buy an sell transactions took place during the opening of the market.

Commission house

Financial services; Commodity exchange

An individual or organisation that solicits or accepts orders to buy or sell futures contracts or options on futures and accepts money or other assets from customers to support such orders. Also ...