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LEPO

A low exercise price option, which is, by definition, a call option with an exercise price initially set deep in-the-money....

ATM Volatility

A tool that measures the calculated or implied mid-rate volatility for an ATM option for a specific expiration date. In...

CR01

It stands for credit risk spread; a measure of credit default swap (CDS) value sensitivity. It measures the credit sensitivity...

RPI Swap

A swap which involves an exchange of interest calculated by reference to the Retail Prices Index (RPI) and another reference...

NTM

It stands for near the money; the state in which options or option positions, whose market prices are very near...

BW Strategy

It stands for buy-write strategy; an options trading strategy whereby an investor buys a share of stock or a basket...

KO Floor

A barrier floor whereby protection (floor rate mechanism) ceases to exist or deactivates (i.e., knocks out) only if the floating...

Basket CEBO

A shortcut for basket credit event binary option. By definition, it is a cash-settled call option whose underlying is a...

BMA Swap Curve

The expected future values of the Bond Market Association (BMA) index, where expectations are taken in the corresponding forward probability...

EDS

It stands for equity default swap; a hybrid of an equity derivative and a credit derivative which has identically the...