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Commodity exchange
Industry: Financial services
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Commodity exchange
Visible supply
Financial services; Commodity exchange
Usually refers to supplies of a commodity in licenced warehouses. Often includes afloats and all other supplies "in sight" in producing areas.
Terminal elevator
Financial services; Commodity exchange
An elevator located at a point of greatest accumulation in the movement of agricultural products which stores the commodity or moves it to processors.
Seller's market
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A condition of the market in which there is a scarcity of goods available and hence sellers can obtain better conditions of sale or higher prices.
Sharpe ratio
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A measurement of trading performance calculated as the average return divided by the variance of those returns; named after William P. Sharpe.
Spot commodity
Financial services; Commodity exchange
(1) The actual commodity as distinguished from a futures contract: (2) sometimes used to refer to cash commodities available for immediate delivery.
Transferable contract
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A contract which permits a position in the option market to be offset by a transaction on the opposite side of the market in the same contract.
Transferable option
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A contract which permits a position in the option market to be offset by a transaction on the opposite side of the market in the same contract.
