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Paper Gain

It refers to unrealized capital gains in an open position in options or futures (or generally in an investment portfolio).…

Dain Marju al-Ada’

Arabic (دين مرجو الأداء) for debt (dain) that is collectible- i.e., one whose repayment is comfortably certain. The creditor expects…

Naked Short Selling

Trades that involve selling a financial instrument without first borrowing the instrument or insuring that it already exists, as would…

Dain Marju

Arabic (دين مرجو) for debt (dain) that is collectible- i.e., one whose repayment is comfortably certain. The creditor expects with…

90-10 Strategy

A multiperiod option purchase strategy that is designed to avoid large losses in any single investment period by committing 10%…

Dain Ghair Sahih

Arabic (دين غير صحيح) for debt (dain) that may be waived in different means that are not confined to repayment…

Keep It Simple Stupid

The language of derivatives (such as delta, DV01, vega, gamma, notionals, vol-vol, fugit, etc) may be hard and confusing to…

Da’a wa Ta’ajjal

An Islamic fiqh term that is associated with the process of sulh al-ibra’ or discharge reconciliation. The creditor party accepts…

IIC

An abbreviation for inflation-indexed cap; an inflation derivative that pays out if inflation (as measured by percentage increase in the…

Cash Awkaf

Cash awkaf, or more precisely cash awqaf, are a form of waqf (pl. awqaf) in which the assets assigned as…