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Calendar Spread

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

Margin Account

A brokerage account that is used for the purpose of lending money to clients seeking to fund investment transactions (trades)...

Non-Marginable Security

A security (e.g., a stock) that doesn't meet the requirements of an exchange for being traded (purchased) on margin (margin...

Marginable Security

A security (e.g., a stock) that meets the requirements of an exchange for being traded (purchased) on margin (margin trading)....

Clearing Margin

A margin which is posted by a member of a clearinghouse (in a process called clearing) so as to ensure...

Margin Valuation Adjustment

It is a type of cross value adjustment/ x-value adjustment (XVA) that constitute the part of cost relating to initial...

Margin

With respect to buying on margin, it is the money put up in a margin account to partially finance the...

Margin Account

Cash and marketable securities an investor deposits with a broker to guarantee that the former will honor or keep up...

Variation Margin

The extra money which is required to top off the balance in a margin account to the initial margin following...

Mark To Market

The practice which is used to revalue a financial instrument, in general. In the context of derivatives, marking to market...