Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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Commodity exchange

Actuals

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The physical or cash commodity, as distinguished from a commodity futures contract. Also see Cash and Spot Commodity.

Opening price

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The price (or price range) recorded during the period designated by the exchange as the official opening.

Blackboard trading

Financial services; Commodity exchange

The practise of selling commodities from a blackboard on a wall of a commodity exchange.

Separate trading of registered interest and principal securities (STRIPS)

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A book-entry system operated by the Federal Reserve permitting separate trading and ownership of the principal and coupon portions of selected Treasury securities. It allows the creation of zero ...

A portfolio of assets for which changes in value match those of a target asset. For example, a portfolio replicating a standard option can be constructed with certain amounts of the asset underlying ...

Wash sale

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Transactions that give the appearance of purchases and sales but which are initiated without the intent to make a bona fide transaction and which generally do not result in any actual change in ...

Primary market

Financial services; Commodity exchange

(1) For producers, their major purchaser of commodities; (2) in commercial marketing channels, an important centre at which spot commodities are concentrated for shipment to terminal markets; and (3) ...