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First Passage Option

An option whose payoff is random at a random time, such as a stock option that pays its intrinsic value...

Forward Credit Default Swap

A credit default swap (CDS) which comes into life at some future start date, provided that no default event occurs...

Flexi Cap

An interest rate cap in which the total number of exercisable caplets is limited. That is, it is similar to...

Forward Spread

The difference between two forward rates or two forward prices. This spread can be used to calculate the payoff and...

Forward Cover

An option or forward contract that involves the sale or purchase of a currency or commodity at a given price...

Forward Reversing Option

An exotic option in which the premium is paid in the future on the condition that the price of the...

Forward Delivery Swap

An interest rate swap that is entered into today, but it will come into effect at some agreed-upon future date....

Futures Parity

The relationship between the prices of calls (call options), puts (put options), and futures (futures contracts) on the same underlying...

Futures Margin

Investors using futures contracts must post margin (in the form of cash or marketable securities) in an account maintained by...

Futures Maintenance Margin

The minimum amount which is set by futures exchanges to be maintained daily by the parties to a futures contract...