Options Clearing Corporation — Industry clearing Founded 1973 Headquarters Chicago, IL … Wikipedia
Futures contract — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond … Wikipedia
Options spread — Spread option redirects here. For the American football offensive scheme, see Spread offense. Options spreads are the basic building blocks of many options trading strategies. A spread position is entered by buying and selling equal number of… … Wikipedia
Options Clearing Corporation - OCC — An organization that acts as both the issuer and guarantor for option and futures contracts. The Options Clearing Corporation operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodities Futures Trading … Investment dictionary
futures — Commercial contracts calling for the purchase or sale of specified quantities of a good at specified future dates. The good in question may be grain, livestock, precious metals, or financial instruments such as treasury bills. Up until the time… … Universalium
Futures — A financial contract obligating the buyer to purchase an asset (or the seller to sell an asset), such as a physical commodity or a financial instrument, at a predetermined future date and price. Futures contracts detail the quality and quantity… … Investment dictionary
Futures Exchange — Traditionally, a term referring to a central marketplace where futures contracts and options on futures contracts are traded. More recently, with the growth in electronic trading, it is also used to describe the activity of futures trading itself … Investment dictionary
futures commission merchant — ( FCM) An individual or organization that solicits or accepts orders to buy or sell futures contracts or options on futures and accepts money or other assets from customers to support such orders. Also referred to as commission house or wire… … Financial and business terms
futures exchange — A central marketplace with established rules and regulations where buyers and sellers meet to trade futures and options on futures contracts. Chicago Board of Trade glossary * * * futures exchange futures exchange ➔ exchange1 * * * futures… … Financial and business terms
Options strategies — can favor movements in the underlying that are bullish, bearish or neutral. In the case of neutral strategies, they can be further classified into those that are bullish on volatility and those that are bearish on volatility. The option positions … Wikipedia
