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Commodity exchange
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Commodity exchange
Forced liquidation
Financial services; Commodity exchange
The situation in which a customer's account is liquidated (open positions are offset) by the brokerage firm holding the account, usually after notification that the account is undercapitalized ...
Gold fixing
Financial services; Commodity exchange
The setting of the gold price at 10:30 AM (first fixing) and 3:00 PM (second fixing) in London by five representatives of the London Gold Market. See London Gold Market.
Arbitrage
Financial services; Commodity exchange
The simultaneous purchase and sale of similar commodities in different markets to take advantage of price discrepancy.
Minimum price fluctuation
Financial services; Commodity exchange
The smallest allowable increment of price movement for a given contract.
Option spread
Financial services; Commodity exchange
The simultaneous purchase and sale of one or more options contracts, futures, and/or cash positions.
Pork bellies
Financial services; Commodity exchange
One of the major cuts of the hog carcass that, when cured, becomes bacon.
Transfer notice
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A term used on some exchanges to describe a notice of delivery.
