Futures Trader Glossary

A

• Abandon in Futures Trading
• Access in Futures Trading
• Accrued Interest in Futures Trading
• Actuals in Futures Trading
• Add on Method in Futures Trading
• Adjusted Futures Price in Futures Trading
• Adjusted Total Equity in Futures Trading
• Aggregation in Futures Trading
• All Could in Futures Trading
• Allowances in Futures Trading
• Alpha in Futures Trading
• Alternate Delivery Procedure in Futures Trading
• Amortization in Futures Trading
• Approved Delivery Facility in Futures Trading
• Arbitrage in Futures Trading
• Arbitrageurs in Futures Trading
• Arbitration in Futures Trading
• Ask in Futures Trading
• Ask Price in Futures Trading
• Ask Size in Futures Trading
• Assignment in Futures Trading
• Associated Person in Futures Trading
• At the Market in Futures Trading
• At the Money Option in Futures Trading
• Average True Range (ATR) in Futures Trading

B

• Back Months in Futures Trading
• Backwardation in Futures Trading
• Balance of Payments in Futures Trading
• Bar Chart in Futures Trading
• Base Currency in Futures Trading
• Basis Grade in Futures Trading
• Basis in Futures Trading
• Basis Point in Futures Trading
• Bear in Futures Trading
• Bear Market in Futures Trading
• Bear Spread in Futures Trading
• Bid in Futures Trading
• Bid Size in Futures Trading
• Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model in Futures Trading
• Bollinger Bands in Futures Trading
• Bond Valuation in Futures Trading
• Book Entry Securities in Futures Trading
• Break in Futures Trading
• Bretton Woods Agreement in Futures Trading
• Broker in Futures Trading
• Brokerage Commission in Futures Trading
• Bull in Futures Trading
• Bull Market in Futures Trading
• Bull Spread in Futures Trading
• Bundles and Packs in Futures Trading
• Bust in Futures Trading
• Butterfly Spread in Futures Trading
• Buy in Futures Trading
• Buy In in Futures Trading
• Buy On Close in Futures Trading
• Buy On Opening in Futures Trading

C

• Cabinet Trade in Futures Trading
• Calendar Spreads in Futures Trading
• Call in Futures Trading
• Call Option in Futures Trading
• Cancel in Futures Trading
• Cancel Order in Futures Trading
• Car in Futures Trading
• Carry Cost in Futures Trading
• Carrying Broker in Futures Trading
• Carrying Charge in Futures Trading
• Carryover in Futures Trading
• Cash and Carry Arbitrage in Futures Trading
• Cash Commodity in Futures Trading
• Cash Contract in Futures Trading
• Cash Market in Futures Trading
• Cash Settlement in Futures Trading
• Central Bank in Futures Trading
• Certificate of Deposit in Futures Trading
• Certified Stocks in Futures Trading
• Chained Hedge Ratios in Futures Trading
• Charting in Futures Trading
• Cheapest to Deliver Bond in Futures Trading
• Cheapest to Deliver in Futures Trading
• Circuit Breaker in Futures Trading
• Clear in Futures Trading
• Cleared Funds in Futures Trading
• Clearing Margin in Futures Trading
• Clearing Member in Futures Trading
• Clearinghouse in Futures Trading
• Clerk in Futures Trading
• Close in Futures Trading
• Closing Price in Futures Trading
• Closing Range in Futures Trading
• COM Membership in Futures Trading
• Commercial in Futures Trading
• Commercial Stocks in Futures Trading
• Commission House in Futures Trading
• Commission in Futures Trading
• Commitment in Futures Trading
• Commodity Exchange Act in Futures Trading
• Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 in Futures Trading
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in Futures Trading
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Futures Trading
• Commodity in Futures Trading
• Commodity Pool in Futures Trading
• Commodity Pool Operator in Futures Trading
• Commodity Trading Advisor in Futures Trading
• Confirmation Statement in Futures Trading
• Consumer Price Index in Futures Trading
• Consumption Assets in Futures Trading
• Contango in Futures Trading
• Contract Grade in Futures Trading
• Contract in Futures Trading
• Contract Market in Futures Trading
• Contract Month in Futures Trading
• Convergence in Futures Trading
• Conversion Factor in Futures Trading
• Conversion Factors in Futures Trading
• Cost and Freight in Futures Trading
• Cost insurance and freight in Futures Trading
• Cost of Carry in Futures Trading
• Counter Trend Strategy in Futures Trading
• Counterparty in Futures Trading
• Coupon in Futures Trading
• Cover in Futures Trading
• Covered Option in Futures Trading
• CQG in Futures Trading
• Crop Marketing Year in Futures Trading
• Crop Reports in Futures Trading
• Cross Hedging in Futures Trading
• Cross Rate in Futures Trading
• Crush Spread in Futures Trading
• Current Yield in Futures Trading
• Customer Margin in Futures Trading
• Customer Segregated Funds in Futures Trading

D

• Daily Trading Limit in Futures Trading
• Day Order in Futures Trading
• Day Trader in Futures Trading
• Day Trading in Futures Trading
• Dealer in Futures Trading
• Debit Balance in Futures Trading
• Deck in Futures Trading
• Default in Futures Trading
• Deferred Delivery Month in Futures Trading
• Deferred Futures in Futures Trading
• Delayed Quotes in Futures Trading
• Deliverable Grades in Futures Trading
• Delivery Commitment in Futures Trading
• Delivery in Futures Trading
• Delivery Month in Futures Trading
• Delivery Notice in Futures Trading
• Delivery Options in Futures Trading
• Delivery Points in Futures Trading
• Delivery Price in Futures Trading
• Delta in Futures Trading
• Depth of Market (DOM) in Futures Trading
• Derivative in Futures Trading
• Derivative Markets in Futures Trading
• Designated Self Regulatory Organization in Futures Trading
• Devaluation in Futures Trading
• Differentials in Futures Trading
• Disclosure Document in Futures Trading
• Discount in Futures Trading
• Discount Method in Futures Trading
• Discount Rate in Futures Trading
• Discretionary Account in Futures Trading
• Drawdown in Futures Trading
• Duration in Futures Trading

E

• E-mini Futures in Futures Trading
• Econometrics in Futures Trading
• Electronic Clerk in Futures Trading
• Electronic Order in Futures Trading
• Electronic Trading Hours in Futures Trading
• Emerging CTA in Futures Trading
• Equally Weighted Indices in Futures Trading
• Eurodollar Futures in Futures Trading
• Eurodollars in Futures Trading
• European Central Bank in Futures Trading
• European Terms in Futures Trading
• European Union in Futures Trading
• Evening Up in Futures Trading
• Ex Pit Transactions in Futures Trading
• Exchange for Physicals in Futures Trading
• Exchange in Futures Trading
• Exchange Margins in Futures Trading
• Exchange Rate in Futures Trading
• Exchange Rate Risk in Futures Trading
• Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) in Futures Trading
• Exercise in Futures Trading
• Exercise Price in Futures Trading
• Exercising the Option in Futures Trading
• Expiration in Futures Trading
• Expiry Date in Futures Trading
• Extrinsic Value in Futures Trading

F

• Face Value in Futures Trading
• Fast Market in Futures Trading
• Federal Funds in Futures Trading
• Federal Funds Rate in Futures Trading
• Federal Reserve System in Futures Trading
• Feed Ratio in Futures Trading
• Fill in Futures Trading
• Fill or Kill in Futures Trading
• Fill or Kill Order in Futures Trading
• Financial Instrument in Futures Trading
• First Notice Day in Futures Trading
• Floor Broker in Futures Trading
• Floor Trader in Futures Trading
• Foreign Exchange Futures in Futures Trading
• Foreign Exchange in Futures Trading
• Forex Futures in Futures Trading
• Forex Market in Futures Trading
• Forward Cash Contract in Futures Trading
• Forward Contract in Futures Trading
• Forward in Futures Trading
• Forward Market in Futures Trading
• Front Month in Futures Trading
• Front Running in Futures Trading
• Full Carrying Charge Market in Futures Trading
• Fundamental Analysis in Futures Trading
• Funds Not Cleared in Futures Trading
• Futures Commission Merchant in Futures Trading
• Futures Contract in Futures Trading
• Futures Contracts in Futures Trading
• Futures Exchange in Futures Trading
• Futures Exchanges in Futures Trading
• Futures in Futures Trading
• Futures Industry Association in Futures Trading

G

• Gamma in Futures Trading
• Give Up in Futures Trading
• Global Macro Strategy in Futures Trading
• Globex in Futures Trading
• Good Delivery in Futures Trading
• Good Thru Date in Futures Trading
• Good Till Cancelled in Futures Trading
• Good-Til-Cancelled Order in Futures Trading
• Grading Certificate in Futures Trading
• Grain Terminal in Futures Trading
• Grantor in Futures Trading
• Gross Domestic Product in Futures Trading
• Gross Margin in Futures Trading
• Gross National Product in Futures Trading
• Gross Processing Margin in Futures Trading
• GTC Order in Futures Trading

H

• Haircut in Futures Trading
• Hedge in Futures Trading
• Hedger in Futures Trading
• Hedgers in Futures Trading
• Hedging in Futures Trading
• High in Futures Trading
• Historical Volatility in Futures Trading
• Holder in Futures Trading
• Horizontal Spread in Futures Trading

I

• Implied Volatility in Futures Trading
• In the Money Option in Futures Trading
• In-the-Money in Futures Trading
• Index Arbitrage in Futures Trading
• Index Futures in Futures Trading
• Inflation in Futures Trading
• Initial Margin in Futures Trading
• Initial Margin Requirement in Futures Trading
• Interbank Rates in Futures Trading
• Intercommodity Spread in Futures Trading
• Interdelivery Spread in Futures Trading
• Interest Arbitrage in Futures Trading
• Interest Rate Parity in Futures Trading
• Intermarket Spread in Futures Trading
• Intermediate Holding Period in Futures Trading
• Intermediate Term Time Horizon in Futures Trading
• Intrinsic Value in Futures Trading
• Introducing Broker in Futures Trading
• Inverse Relationship in Futures Trading
• Inverted Market in Futures Trading
• Investment Assets in Futures Trading
• Invisible Supply in Futures Trading

J

• Jobbing in Futures Trading
• Joint Account in Futures Trading
• Joint Account Register in Futures Trading
• Joint Back Office in Futures Trading
• Jumps in Futures Trading

K

• Key Reversal Day in Futures Trading
• Kicker Pattern in Futures Trading
• Knock-Out Option in Futures Trading

L

• Lagging Indicators in Futures Trading
• Last in Futures Trading
• Last Trading Day in Futures Trading
• Leading Indicators in Futures Trading
• Leverage in Futures Trading
• Limit in Futures Trading
• Limit Move in Futures Trading
• Limit Order in Futures Trading
• Limit Price in Futures Trading
• Limit Up or Down in Futures Trading
• Linkage in Futures Trading
• Liquid in Futures Trading
• Liquidate in Futures Trading
• Liquidating Value in Futures Trading
• Liquidation in Futures Trading
• Liquidity in Futures Trading
• Loan Rate in Futures Trading
• Local in Futures Trading
• Locking in a Borrowing Rate in Futures Trading
• Long Hedge in Futures Trading
• Long in Futures Trading
• Long Option Value in Futures Trading
• Long Position in Futures Trading
• Long Term Holding Period in Futures Trading
• Long Term Time Horizon in Futures Trading
• Long the Basis in Futures Trading
• Long-Term Interest Rate Futures in Futures Trading
• Lot in Futures Trading
• Low in Futures Trading

M

• Maintenance Margin in Futures Trading
• Managed Account in Futures Trading
• Managed Futures in Futures Trading
• Margin Call in Futures Trading
• Margin in Futures Trading
• Margins in Futures Trading
• Mark to Market in Futures Trading
• Mark-to-Market in Futures Trading
• Market if Touched in Futures Trading
• Market Maker in Futures Trading
• Market on Close in Futures Trading
• Market Order in Futures Trading
• Market Reporter in Futures Trading
• Market Timing in Futures Trading
• Marking to Market in Futures Trading
• Maturity in Futures Trading
• Maximum Price Fluctuation in Futures Trading
• Merchant Rates in Futures Trading
• Minimum Price Fluctuation in Futures Trading
• Moving Average Charts in Futures Trading
• Municipal Bonds in Futures Trading

N

• Naked Option in Futures Trading
• Narrow Based Stock Index in Futures Trading
• National Futures Association in Futures Trading
• Near Month in Futures Trading
• Nearby in Futures Trading
• Net Asset Value in Futures Trading
• Net Liquidating Value in Futures Trading
• Net Options Value in Futures Trading
• Net Position in Futures Trading
• No-Arbitrage Pricing Condition in Futures Trading
• Nominal Price in Futures Trading
• Not Held in Futures Trading
• Notice Day in Futures Trading
• Notional Value in Futures Trading

O

• Offer in Futures Trading
• Offset in Futures Trading
• Omnibus Account in Futures Trading
• One Cancels Other in Futures Trading
• One Way Arbitrage in Futures Trading
• OPEC in Futures Trading
• Open in Futures Trading
• Open Interest in Futures Trading
• Open Market Operation in Futures Trading
• Open Order in Futures Trading
• Open Outcry in Futures Trading
• Open Trade Equity in Futures Trading
• Opening Price in Futures Trading
• Opening Range in Futures Trading
• Option Buyer in Futures Trading
• Option Contract in Futures Trading
• Option in Futures Trading
• Option Premium in Futures Trading
• Option Seller in Futures Trading
• Option Spread in Futures Trading
• Options Forwards in Futures Trading
• Options on Futures in Futures Trading
• Or Better Close Only in Futures Trading
• Or Better in Futures Trading
• Or Better Open Only in Futures Trading
• Order Book in Futures Trading
• Original Margin in Futures Trading
• Out of the Money Option in Futures Trading
• Out Trade in Futures Trading
• Over the Counter in Futures Trading
• Overbought in Futures Trading
• Oversold in Futures Trading

P

• Par in Futures Trading
• Parity in Futures Trading
• Partial Fill in Futures Trading
• Performance Bond Call in Futures Trading
• Performance Bond in Futures Trading
• Pips in Futures Trading
• Pit in Futures Trading
• Point and Figure Charts in Futures Trading
• Points in Futures Trading
• Pool in Futures Trading
• Portfolio Insurance in Futures Trading
• Portfolio Re-Balancing in Futures Trading
• Position Day in Futures Trading
• Position in Futures Trading
• Position Limit in Futures Trading
• Position Limit Violation in Futures Trading
• Position Trader in Futures Trading
• Premium in Futures Trading
• Price Change in Futures Trading
• Price Discovery in Futures Trading
• Price Limit in Futures Trading
• Price Limit Order in Futures Trading
• Price Weighted Indices in Futures Trading
• Pricing of Futures Contracts in Futures Trading
• Primary Dealer in Futures Trading
• Primary Market in Futures Trading
• Prime Rate in Futures Trading
• Producer Price Index in Futures Trading
• Programme Trading in Futures Trading
• Pulpit in Futures Trading
• Purchase and Sale Statement in Futures Trading
• Purchasing Hedge in Futures Trading
• Purchasing Power in Futures Trading
• Put in Futures Trading
• Put Option in Futures Trading
• Pyramiding in Futures Trading

Q

• Quantitative Analysis in Futures Trading
• Quasi-Arbitrage in Futures Trading
• Quotation in Futures Trading
• Quote in Futures Trading

R

• Rally in Futures Trading
• Range in Futures Trading
• Rate in Futures Trading
• Reaction in Futures Trading
• Real Time Quotes in Futures Trading
• Reciprocal of European Terms in Futures Trading
• Recovery in Futures Trading
• Registered Representative in Futures Trading
• Regular Trading Hours in Futures Trading
• Replace Order in Futures Trading
• Reportable Positions in Futures Trading
• Repurchase Agreements in Futures Trading
• Resistance in Futures Trading
• Retender in Futures Trading
• Retracement in Futures Trading
• Reversal in Futures Trading
• Reverse Cash and Carry Arbitrage in Futures Trading
• Reverse Crush Spread in Futures Trading
• Risk and Futures Prices in Futures Trading
• Risk Management in Futures Trading
• Rolling Hedge in Futures Trading
• Rolling in Futures Trading
• Rollover in Futures Trading
• Round Turn in Futures Trading
• Round Turn per Million in Futures Trading
• Runners in Futures Trading

S

• Scalp in Futures Trading
• Scalper in Futures Trading
• Secondary Market in Futures Trading
• Securities on Deposit in Futures Trading
• Security Deposit Call in Futures Trading
• Security Deposit in Futures Trading
• Security Futures in Futures Trading
• Segregated Account in Futures Trading
• Self Regulatory Organization in Futures Trading
• Sell Order in Futures Trading
• Sell Spread in Futures Trading
• Selling Hedge in Futures Trading
• Settlement Price in Futures Trading
• Short Option Value in Futures Trading
• Short Selling in Futures Trading
• Short Squeeze in Futures Trading
• Short Term Holding Period in Futures Trading
• Short Term Time Horizon in Futures Trading
• Short-Term Interest Rate Futures in Futures Trading
• Simulated Trading in Futures Trading
• Single Stock Futures in Futures Trading
• Special Offset in Futures Trading
• Speculator in Futures Trading
• Speculators in Futures Trading
• Split Fill in Futures Trading
• Spot in Futures Trading
• Spot Market in Futures Trading
• Spot Month in Futures Trading
• Spot Price in Futures Trading
• Spot-Futures Convergence in Futures Trading
• Spread in Futures Trading
• Spreading in Futures Trading
• Standardization of Futures Contracts in Futures Trading
• Steer Corn Ratio in Futures Trading
• Stochastic Interest Rates in Futures Trading
• Stock Index in Futures Trading
• Stock Market in Futures Trading
• Stock Market Volatility in Futures Trading
• Stock Picking in Futures Trading
• Stop Close Only in Futures Trading
• Stop in Futures Trading
• Stop Limit in Futures Trading
• Stop Open Only in Futures Trading
• Stop Order in Futures Trading
• Stop with Limit in Futures Trading
• Straddle in Futures Trading
• Strangle in Futures Trading
• Streaming Quotes in Futures Trading
• Strike Price in Futures Trading
• Support in Futures Trading
• Swap in Futures Trading
• Switching in Futures Trading
• Synthetic Securities in Futures Trading
• Systematic in Futures Trading

T

• T-bill Futures in Futures Trading
• T-bills in Futures Trading
• Technical Analysis in Futures Trading
• Technical Rally in Futures Trading
• TED Spread in Futures Trading
• Tick in Futures Trading
• Time and Sales in Futures Trading
• Time Limit Order in Futures Trading
• Time Stamped in Futures Trading
• Time Value in Futures Trading
• To Arrive Contract in Futures Trading
• Too Late to Cancel in Futures Trading
• Total Equity in Futures Trading
• Total Return in Futures Trading
• Trade Balance in Futures Trading
• Trade Order Processing System in Futures Trading
• Trading Volume in Futures Trading
• Trailing Stop Order in Futures Trading
• Trend in Futures Trading
• Trendline in Futures Trading
• Two Way Price in Futures Trading

U

• Unable in Futures Trading
• Uncovered Option in Futures Trading
• Underlying Asset in Futures Trading
• Underlying Futures Contract in Futures Trading
• Uptick Rule in Futures Trading
• US Treasury Bill in Futures Trading
• US Treasury Bond in Futures Trading
• US Treasury Note in Futures Trading

V

• Value Weighted Indices in Futures Trading
• Variable Limit in Futures Trading
• Variation Margin in Futures Trading
• Vertical Spread in Futures Trading
• Volatility in Futures Trading
• Volume in Futures Trading

W

• Warehouse Receipt in Futures Trading
• Web OE in Futures Trading
• Whipsaw in Futures Trading
• Williams %R in Futures Trading
• Withholding Tax in Futures Trading
• Writer in Futures Trading

Y

• Yield Curve in Futures Trading
• Yield Curve Risk in Futures Trading
• Yield in Futures Trading
• Yields in Futures Trading

Z

• Zero Coupon Bond in Futures Trading
• Zero-Sum Game in Futures Trading