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Call Around Market

A market, commonly for trading options on futures on European exchanges, in which brokers contact each other over the counter…

Cumulative Cap

A path-dependent interest rate option (specifically, an interest rate cap) which protects its holder against increases in total interest obligations…

Cumulative Floor

A path-dependent interest rate option (specifically an interest rate floor) which provides investors holding floating rate assets with protection against…

Convertible Asset Option Transaction

A par asset swap whose underlying asset (e.g. a convertible bond) is repackaged with an equity warrant stripped therefrom, with…

Contango Swap

A commodity swap in which one counterparty pays a rate based on the current difference between the spot price and…

Short Box

A complex option trading strategy (originally a box) that involves selling a bull call spread and a corresponding bear put…

Clawback

A clause in a law, contract, agreement, etc, that limits or reverses a payment or profit distribution for particular reasons.…

Cholesky Decomposition

A variance-covariance matrix decomposition technique that involves taking random sample from a multivariate normal distribution. In other words, it refers…

Short Put Ladder

An option trading strategy which combines uncapped profit potential with a capped risk. Therefore, it suits times when volatility is…

Short Ratio Bear Spread

A variant on a bear ratio spread. It is a bearish put option strategy which involves buying at-the-money or mildly…