Margin The amount of money or collateral deposited by a customer with his broker, by a broker with a clearing member, or by a clearing member with the clearinghouse, for the purpose of insuring the broker or clearinghouse against loss on
open futures contracts.
Good Faith Deposit: The amount of cash required as a good faith to absorb losses in
open futures contracts.
Short — 1) the selling side of
an open futures contract, 2) a person who has sold futures contracts that are still open.
Closing out
an open futures contract purchase or sale is effected by entering into an offsetting futures contract sale or purchase, respectively, for the same aggregate amount of the identical underlying instrument or index and the same delivery date.
If the price of
an open futures contract changes (by increase in underlying instrument or index in the case of a sale or by decrease in the case of a purchase) so that the loss on the futures contract reaches a point at which the margin on deposit does not satisfy margin requirements, the broker will require an increase in the margin.
Not exact matches
Bitcoin
futures maturing on Wednesday on the Cboe Global Markets Inc's Cboe Futures Exchange were at $ 10,070, with 1,586 contracts traded, after having opened at $
futures maturing on Wednesday on the Cboe Global Markets Inc's Cboe
Futures Exchange were at $ 10,070, with 1,586 contracts traded, after having opened at $
Futures Exchange were at $ 10,070, with 1,586
contracts traded, after having
opened at $ 10,850.
Last month, Thomas Peterffy, the billionaire chairman of Interactive Brokers Group Inc., wrote an
open letter to CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo, arguing that bitcoin's large price swings mean its
futures contracts shouldn't be allowed on platforms that clear other derivatives.
The
futures offered by Cboe Global Markets Inc., and similar
contracts that start trading in a week at at another Chicago - based exchange, CME Group Inc., may
open the door to greater inflows of institutional money, while also making it easier to bet on bitcoin's decline.
«If in fact the Canadian government were to decide not to select the F - 35 we will certainly honour the
contracts that we have here with the Canadian industry but our approach in the
future would be to try to do business with the industries that are in the countries that are buying the airplane,» he said in an interview after officially
opening its new engine overhaul facility in Montreal.
In July, the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission approved a bid by a firm called LedgerX to
open a clearinghouse for crypto - currency puts, calls, swaps and all sorts of other exotic
contracts.
U.S. stock
futures are also feeling the chill, with the S&P 500
contract indicated to
open down 0.3 % and Nasdaq
futures indicated 0.4 % lower.
The
opening price for the front - month
futures contract, which begins trading at 9:00 a.m. local time, will be Rmb416.
By: Reuters Updated 4 hours ago Global trader Glencore carried out the first trade by a foreign firm for Chinese iron - ore
futures on Friday, the first day that the Dalian Commodity Exchange
opened the
contract to overseas investors, the exchange said.
The Oct. 24 Reuters story said a private Chinese coal company had amassed 35 % of the
open interest in copper
contracts on the Shanghai
Futures Exchange.
NYMEX crude oil is the largest oil
futures contract in the world and has a current total
open interest of around 1.6 million
contracts and it would be impossible for any group of speculators to sell or buy 53 days of world production in a year or longer, no less in a week as just occurred in COMEX silver.
VIX
futures hit a new record for
open interest with more than 673,000
contracts on -LSB-...]
In the
future, Abra may
open up the system so that others can act as counterparties to these
contracts once a full smart
contract implementation is in place.
He told host Melissa Lee that sequentially we saw the
futures contracts come about, now a big bank
opening a desk and that he would expect other large banks to follow because the market is so large institutions can't afford to ignore them anymore.
The move comes after the launch of crude oil
futures in March, the first
futures contracts listed on the mainland
open to overseas investors.
Property,
contracts, and identity management are only a few examples of how a peer - to - peer,
open, and frictionless system could change business in the
future.
The CME Bitcoin
futures contracts have
opened rather smoothly and Wall Street now has two options to trade crypto in a regulated way.
These
futures would be China's first such
contract open to direct trading by foreign enterprises.
UPDATE 1 - China vows to
open up more
futures markets as iron ore goes international
* Dalian exchange opens iron ore contract to foreign...
And, when it comes to measuring how liquid a
futures contract is,
open interest is one of the key indicators used by market participants.
In November, Thomas Peterffy, the billionaire chairman of Interactive Brokers Group Inc., wrote an
open letter to CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo, arguing that bitcoin's large price swings mean its
futures contracts shouldn't be allowed on platforms that clear other derivatives.
With his current
contract with the Gunners set to expire next summer, serious question marks have been raised over his long - term
future at the Emirates, as from January 1 onwards, he'll be able to
open discussions with other clubs over a pre-
contract agreement.
There's still quite a while until the transfer window
opens, but with Alexis Sanchez's
future still in the balance, speculation surrounding his
contract situation is only going to continue.
Jack Wilshere has claimed that he expects his
future to be sorted out in a couple of weeks, with Arsenal in line to
open talks over a new
contract.
PSG were recently reported to have
opened contract talks with World Cup winner Blanc, but as yet, no deal has been struck, leading to continued speculation about the coach's
future.
Arsenal handed huge transfer boost for # 21m midfield target as Serie A chief provides update on star's
future Arsenal
open to cancelling long - serving international's
contract to force transfer away
According to a report from the Express, Real Madrid have
opened up talks with Bale about a
contract extension and he could re-commit his long - term
future to the team this week.
Still not showing signs of extending his current
contract with Liverpool, Emre Can apparently hasn't set anything yet for his
future as the midfielder remain
open to every option.
Imagine a glorious time in the
future when all adoptees can get their original birth certificates and all
open adoption arrangements are codified with a
contract.
You can see the muscle
contracting and doing its job as well as any naturally - grown tissue — there can be no argument that these replacements are truly regenerated, and the possibilities that this
opens up for the
future are enormous.»
It is essential for schools to consider: budgeting for
future open staffing positions, and have details of any
contract details pencilled in, not just an amount.
Clearing members holding
open positions in E-Mini Standard and Poor's MidCap 400 Stock Price Index
futures contracts at the time of termination of trading in that
contract shall make payment to or receive payment from the Clearing House in accordance with normal variation performance bond procedures based on a settlement price equal to the final settlement price.
Open Interest: The total number of those
futures contracts that are long or short in a particular delivery month or market that has been entered into and not yet liquidated by executing an offsetting transaction or fulfilled by delivery of the
futures contract.
I'm not going to buy a bunch of
futures contracts or ETFs near the close and sell them into the
open.
Clearing members holding
open positions in an E — Mini Nasdaq 100 Index
futures contract at the time of termination of trading in that
contract shall make payment to or receive payment from the Clearing House in accordance with normal variation performance bond procedures based on a settlement price equal to the final settlement price.
At the time the cash commodities are sold, the
open futures position is closed by purchasing an equal number and type of
futures contracts as those that were initially sold.
At the time the cash commodities are bought, the
open futures position is closed by selling an equal number and type of
futures contracts as those that were initially purchased.
Open Order (or Orders) An order that remains in force until it is canceled or until the
futures contracts expire.
(1) Initial margin is the total amount of margin per
contract required by the broker when a
futures position is
opened; (2) Maintenance margin is a sum which must be maintained on deposit at all times.
Open Interest The total number of
futures or options
contracts of a given commodity that have not yet been offset by an opposite
futures or option transaction nor fulfilled by delivery of the commodity or option exercise.
Opening a new account will allow you to trade
futures at $ 0.99 per
contract.
Simply buy back the
contract in the
open futures market.
He will do in
futures what he plans to do in the
future: He
opens a
contract in the market to buy gold
futures at his target price for the month he plans to make his purchase.
To make this kind of investment, you must
open a brokerage account and then invest in a «
futures contract.»
US TNote
Future — March 2010 Comment: Front month TNote
futures are struggling with the pivotal 122.00 area, and benchmark yields at 3.25 %,
open interest declining as
contracts are not rolled over.
Clearing members holding
open positions in a Standard and Poor's 500 Stock Price Index
futures contract at the time of termination of trading in that
contract shall make payment to or receive payment from the Clearing House in accordance with normal variation performance bond procedures based on a settlement price equal to the final settlement price.