Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

Industry: Financial services

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Commodity exchange

Maintenance

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A set minimum margin (per outstanding futures contract) that a customer must maintain in his margin account.

Contract month

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A specific month in which delivery may take place under the terms of a futures contract.

Book transfer

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A series of accounting or bookkeeping entries used to settle a series of cash market transactions.

Cash contract

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A sales agreement for either immediate or future delivery of the actual product.

An international electronic trading system for futures and options that allows participating exchanges to list their products for trading after the close of the exchanges' open outcry trading hours. ...

Associated person (AP)

Financial services; Commodity exchange

An individual who solicits orders, customers, or customer funds (or who supervises persons performing such duties) on behalf of a Futures Commission Merchant, an Introducing Broker, a Commodity ...