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Commodity exchange

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Commodity exchange

Basis quote

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Offer or sale of a cash commodity in terms of the difference above or below a futures price (e.g., 10 cents over December corn).

Open outcry

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Method of public auction for making verbal bids and offers in the trading pits or rings of futures exchanges.

Discount basis

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Method of quoting securities where the price is expressed as a annualised discount from maturity value.

Average farm price estimate

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Marketing-year weighted average price received by farmers.

Accommodation trading

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Non-competitive trading entered into by a trader, usually to assist another with illegal trades.

Secondary market

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Market where previously issued securities are bought and sold.

Notional amount

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The amount (in an interest rate swap, forward rate agreement, or other derivative instrument) or each of the amounts (in a currency swap) to which interest rates are applied (whether or not expressed ...

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