Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

Industry: Financial services

Add a new term

Contributors in Commodity exchange

Become a Contributors

Commodity exchange

Ted spread

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The difference between the price of the three-month U.S. Treasury bill futures contract and the price of the three-month Eurodollar time deposit futures contract with the same expiration month.

Switch

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Offsetting a position in one delivery month of a commodity and simultaneous initiation of a similar position in another delivery month of the same commodity, a tactic referred to as "rolling ...

Underlying commodity

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The commodity or futures contract on which a commodity option is based, and which must be accepted or delivered if the option is exercised. Also, the cash commodity underlying a futures contract.

A cash transaction common in many industries, including commodity merchandising, in which a commercial buyer and seller agree upon delivery of a specified quality and quantity of goods at a specified ...

Forward cash contract

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A cash contract in which a seller agrees to deliver a specific cash commodity to a buyer sometime in the future. Forward contracts, in contrast to futures contracts, are privately negotiated and are ...