Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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Paper profit or loss

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The profit or loss that would be realised if open contracts were liquidated as of a certain time or a certain price.

Standby commitment

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A put option in Ginnie Mae trading which gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to make delivery.

Winter wheat

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Wheat that is planted in the fall, lies dormant during the winter, and is harvested beginning about May of the next year.

Scale down (or up)

Financial services; Commodity exchange

To purchase or sell a scale down means to buy or sell at regular price intervals in a declining market.

Soft

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A description of a price which is gradually weakening. Also refers to commodities such as sugar, cocoa, and coffee.

(1) The additional payment allowed by exchange regulation for delivery of higher-than-required standards or grades of a commodity against a futures contract. (2) In speaking of price relationships ...

Discount

Financial services; Commodity exchange

(1) The amount a price would be reduced to purchase a commodity of lesser grade; (2) sometimes used to refer to the price differences between futures of different delivery months, as in the phrase ...