Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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Commodity exchange

Carrying broker

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A member of a commodity exchange, usually a futures commission merchant, through whom another broker or customer elects to clear all or part of its trades.

Volatility

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A measurement of the change in price over a given period. It is often expressed as a percentage and computed as the annualised standard deviation of the percentage change in daily price.

Beta coefficient

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A measure of the variability of rate of return or value of a stock or portfolio compared to that of the overall market.

Fundamental analysis

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A method of anticipating future price movement using supply and demand information.

Gamma

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A measurement of how fast delta changes, given a unit change in the underlying futures price.

An enterprise which often is operated out of inexpensive, low-rent quarters (hence the term "boiler room") that uses high pressure sales tactics (generally over the telephone) and possibly false or ...

Clearinghouse

Financial services; Commodity exchange

An agency or separate corporation of a futures exchange that is responsible for settling trading accounts, clearing trades, collecting and maintaining margin monies, regulating delivery, and ...