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European Futures Put Option

A European futures option that grants the holder the right, without the obligation, to sell the underlying futures contract. The...

Futures Parity

The relationship between the prices of calls (call options), puts (put options), and futures (futures contracts) on the same underlying...

Futures Margin

Investors using futures contracts must post margin (in the form of cash or marketable securities) in an account maintained by...

Futures Maintenance Margin

The minimum amount which is set by futures exchanges to be maintained daily by the parties to a futures contract...

Futures Leverage

A series of futures contracts with sequential delivery months. Most often, it refers to a series of interest rate futures...

Futures Strip

A series of futures contracts with sequential delivery months. Most often, it refers to a series of interest rate futures...

Bond Futures

A futures contract which is entered into by an investor willing to buy or sell a specified bond for a...

Outright

An order to purchase or sell only one particular type of futures contract. That is, the order doesn't involve taking...

Maturity Mismatch

With respect to futures contract, it is the situation where the maturity of the futures and that of the underlying...

MM Futures

It stands for money market futures; a standardized, exchange-traded contract to buy or sell a money market security at a...