It stands for futures current market price (CMP); the price at which the underlying asset is being traded (bought or...

A trading irregularity which constitutes an illegal practice where a group of investors takes an influential long position in futures,…

The price of an asset (a security or commodity) underlying a futures contract. This is the price agreed by a...

The relationship between the spot price and the expected future spot price whereby the futures price exceeds the expected future...

An option or futures spread trade that is established by simultaneously buying and selling options or futures that have different...

A cash and carry transaction that is reversed. It involves the simultaneous sale of a cash market commodity/ instrument for...

The sum of all expenses incurred on holding an asset, literally: storage, insurance and financing costs, subtracted from the income...

The sum of all expenses incurred on holding an asset, literally: storage, insurance and financing costs, subtracted from the income...

It is the difference between the spot price of an asset and the futures price (of the asset underlying the...

The market’s average opinion about what the spot price of an asset will be at a specific time in the...