An average rate option or average rate forward contract which is traded in currency markets, where its underlying rate is…
The ability to offset derivative contracts with positive and negative values (the so called receivables and payables exposure) to figure…
An index which consists of futures contracts on a small set of stocks related to a specific sector (such as…
A swap rate is the fixed rate that the fixed rate payer, in a swap agreement, makes to the floating-rate…
A price swap contract whereby a natural gas producer sells its gas under a gas sales contract that pays a…
Trades that involve selling a financial instrument without first borrowing the instrument or insuring that it already exists, as would…
A multiperiod option purchase strategy that is designed to avoid large losses in any single investment period by committing 10%…
An option (warrant) that is issued alone, i.e., without an accompanying bond (i.e., the host bond), and one that has...
The unexpected costs that arise from having to take/ purchase a large futures position at increasing prices. Therefore, the mark-to-market...
An opposite type of touch option (and a binary option) that pays a fixed amount if the underlying price never...
