Filter by Categories
Accounting
Banking

Limit Move

On the futures markets, it refers to the maximum price fluctuation a given futures contract is allowed to experience in…

Synthetic

An artificially created security that combines a financial security (such as a bond, stock, etc) with another asset such as…

Long Call Diagonal Calendar Spread

A call diagonal calendar spread that is designed to profit when the underlying remains relatively stable over a specific period of…

SPAN

Abbreviation for spread-adjusted note; a debt instrument that bears a base rate fixed or linked to a sovereign rate (Treasury…

Contract Size

In futures and option contracts, it refers to the amount or units of an asset to be delivered as dictated…

Contingent Kafalah

A kafalah agreement that becomes effective upon occurrence of some future event. The guarantor (kafeel) will not provide kafalah coverage…

Zero Recovery Xccy Swap

A zero-recovery swap in which one counterparty receives a weaker currency and pays a stronger currency while the other counterparty…

Commitment Cash Margin

It stands for the Arabic term arbun/arboon/urboun (عربون). It is the amount of money which is paid by a potential…

Current Report

A filing with the securities and exchange authority (the SEC), usually on Form 8-K, which gives specifics about an event…

Bottom Straddle

An options strategy that involves buying a call (long call) and a put (long put) with the same exercise price…