Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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Stop limit order

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A stop limit order is an order that goes into force as soon as there is a trade at the specified price. The order, however, can only be filled at the stop limit price or better.

Theta

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The derivative of the option price equation with respect to the remaining time to expiration of the option. A measure of the sensitivity of the value of the option to the passage of time.

A clearing member of both the Mid-America Commodity Exchange (MCE) and another futures exchange who, for a fee, will assume the opposite side of a transaction on the MCE by taking a spread position ...

Give up

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A contract executed by one broker for the client of another broker that the client orders to be turned over to the second broker. The broker accepting the order from the customer collects a wire toll ...

Yield curve

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A chart in which the yield level is plot on the vertical axis and the term to maturity of debt instruments of similar creditworthiness is plotted n the horizontal axis. The yield curve is positive ...

Liquid

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A characteristic of a security or commodity market with enough units outstanding to allow large transactions without a substantial change in price. Institutional investors are inclined to seek out ...

Force majeure

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A clause in a supply contract which permits either party not to fulfil the contractual commitments due to events beyond their control. These events may range from strikes to export delays in ...