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Wild Card Play

The right of the seller of a futures contract to deliver on that contract at the closing price for a...

Warehousing

The act of managing a portfolio of a specific type of financial instrument/ product. For example, warehousing of swaps refers...

WARO

It stands for weighted average rate option. An average rate option in which the weighting of a given periodical price...

Witching Day

A day on which two or more classes of options and futures contracts expire. The assembly of witches takes place...

Writing an Option

The act of selling a covered or naked option by someone, whether an individual or institution, to the effect that...

WI Option

An option whose underlying is the next treasury bond or note to be issued, bearing a particular maturity. In other...

When Issued Option

An option whose underlying is the next treasury bond or note to be issued, bearing a particular maturity. In other...

Window Double Barrier Option

A window barrier option that is subject to double barriers. In this option, the monitoring period (the window) starts after...

Window Reset Swap

Originally, a periodic reset swap in which the floating rate payer is allowed to reset the floating rate (LIBOR) at...

Wing Nuts

A slang term that denotes deep out-of-the-money options, that is, those options whose exercise price is considerably above (for a...