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Linear Derivative

An option-related instrument or fixed-income security which features low or no convexity, i.e., its sensitivity changes with the passage of...

5-30 Swap

A bizarre swap transaction (a proprietary leveraged rate swap) that was entered into between Bankers Trust (BT) and Procter &...

Accordion Swap

An interest rate swap in general and a type of a seasonal swap in particular, in which the tenor can...

Equity-Linked Swap

A swap agreement, similar to an interest rate swap, in which one leg is pegged to the performance of a...

Rollover Transition

The simultaneous purchase and sale of an identical amount of one currency (base currency) for another (foreign currency) with two...

Rollover

The simultaneous purchase and sale of an identical amount of one currency (base currency) for another (foreign currency) with two...

Protection Leg

In relation to a default swap (a credit default swap/ CDS), it is one of the two legs of the...

Premium Leg

A regular stream of payments made by the protection buyer to the protection seller in a default swap (a credit...

Swap Premium

In general, it is the price of a swap- i.e., the amount paid by the swap buyer to the swap...

Premium Swap

An interest rate swap by which the counterparties agree to an interest rate that differs from the prevailing market rates....