Marking-to-market

Marking-to-market

To debit or credit on a daily basis a margin account based on the close of that day's trading session. In this way, buyers an sellers are protected against the possibility of contract default.

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mark-to-market

Banking; Investment banking

Daily adjustment of (generally exchange-traded) derivative contracts to calculate daily gains or losses on the relevant position.

marking-to-market

Financial services; Commodity exchange

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mark-to-market

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Daily cash flow system used by U.S. futures exchanges to maintain a minimum level of margin equity for a given futures or option contract position by calculating the gain or loss ...

mark-to-market

Energy; Energy trade

To revalue futures/option positions using current market prices to determine profit/loss. The profit/loss can then be paid, collected or simply tracked daily.

marking to market

Financial services; General Finance

Settling or reconciling changes in the value of futures contracts on a daily basis. Also refers to the practice of reporting the value of assets on a market rather than book value ...

mark-to-market

Financial services; General Finance

Adjustment of the book value or collateral value of a security to reflect current market value.

margin

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Financial safeguards to ensure that clearing members (usually companies or corporations) perform on their customers' open futures and options contracts. Clearing margins are ...

back pricing

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Fixing the price of a commodity for which the commitment to purchase has been made in advance. The buyer can fix the price relative to any monthly or periodic delivery using the ...

cost of carry

Financial services; Commodity exchange

For physical commodities such as grains and metals, the cost of storage space, insurance, and finance charges incurred by holding a physical commodity. In interest rate futures ...

carry

Financial services; Commodity exchange

For physical commodities such as grains and metals, the cost of storage space, insurance, and finance charges incurred by holding a physical commodity. In interest rate futures ...

carrying charge

Financial services; Commodity exchange

For physical commodities such as grains and metals, the cost of storage space, insurance, and finance charges incurred by holding a physical commodity. In interest rate futures ...

foreign exchange

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Foreign Currency. On the foreign exchange market, foreign currency is bought and sold for immediate or future delivery.

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