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2nd Generation Option

A breed of options that bear non-standard features/ elements, as opposed to vanilla options (plain vanilla options). These features/ elements...

Second Generation Option

A breed of options that bear non-standard features/ elements, as opposed to vanilla options (plain vanilla options). These features/ elements...

2nd Order Greeks

A second-order Greek is a second-order derivative of the option value with respect to some variable. Equivalently, it is the...

Second Order Greeks

A second-order Greek is a second-order derivative of the option value with respect to some variable. Equivalently, it is the...

Swap Buyer

The fixed rate payer, or a party to an interest rate swap who makes, to a floating rate payer, i.e.,...

SDV01

An abbreviation for spread DV01 (of a CDS position), i.e, the spread dollar value of an 01; it captures the...

Swap Premium

In general, it is the price of a swap- i.e., the amount paid by the swap buyer to the swap...

Swap Positioning

A practice whereby an intermediary enters into one side of the swap transaction, such as fixed rate payer (or floating...

Swap Duration

A measure of a swap's value sensitivity to interest rate changes. The duration of a swap is equal to the...

Short CDS

Selling a credit default swap (CDS); a short position in a credit default swap (CDS). It is equivalent to longing...