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A
Abandon
Accommodation Trading
Account Statement
Accrued Interest
Action Type
Actuals
Add-on Method
Adjudication
Adjudication Committee
Adjusted Futures Price
Administrative Hearing
Administrative Law
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)
Affidavit
Affirm
Against Actuals
Aggregation
Agricultural Trade-Option Merchant (ATM)
Aid and Abet
Allowances
Answer
Appeal
Appeals Committee
Appellant
Appellate
Appellee
Appreciation
Approved Delivery Facility
Arbitrage
Arbitration
Arbitration Panel
Arbitrator
Around
Asian Option
Ask
Asset Allocation
Assign
Assignable Contract
Associate Membership
Associate Responsibility Action (ARA)
Associated Person (AP)
At the Market
At-the-Money Option
Audit Trail
Award

B
Back Months
Back Office
Back to Back
Backwardation
Bad Faith
Balance of Forex market trading
Balance of Payments
Balance of Trade
Band
Bank Line
Bank Notese
Bank Rate
Banker's Acceptance
Bar Chart
Barrier Option
Base Currency
Base Rate
Basis
Basis Convergence
Basis Grade
Basis Point
Basis Price
Basis Quote
Basis Risk
Basis Trading
Basket
Bear
Bear Market
Bear Spread
Bear Vertical Spread
Beta
Bid
Bid Forex rate
Bid/Ask Spread
Big Figure
Bilateral Clearing
Binary Options
Black Scholes Model
Block Order
Board of Trade
Board of Trade Clearing Corporation (BOTCC)
Board Order
Boiler Room
Book
Book Entry Securities
Booked
Booking the basis
Boris
Box Transaction
Branch Office
Branch Office Manager
Break
Break Even Point
Breakout
Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944
Brief
Broker
Broker Association
Brokerage
Brokerage Fee
Brokerage House
Broker-Dealer
BUBA
Bucket Shop
Bucketing
Bull
Bull Market
Bull Spread
Bull Vertical Spread
Bulldogs
Bundesbank
Business Conduct Committee
Butterfly Spread
Buy on Close
Buy on Opening
Buyer
Buyer's Market
Buying Hedge

C
Cabinet Trade
Cable
Cable Transfer
CACE
Calendar Spread
Call
Call Option
Call Rule
Canceling Order
Candlestick Chart
Capital Account
Capital Gain
Capping
Carry
Carrying Broker
Carrying Charge
Carryover
Carry-Over Charge
Cash
Cash and Carry
Cash Commodity
Cash Contract
Cash Forward Sale
Cash Market
Cash Price
Cash Settlement
CBOE
CBOT
CD
CEI
Central Bank
Central Rate
Certificate of Deposit (CD)
CFFE
CFTC
CFTC Administrative Action
CFTC Injunctive Action
CHAPS
Chart
Charting
Chartist
Cheap
Cheapest to Deliver
CHIPS
Chooser Option
Churning
CIBOR
Circuit Breaker
Civil Action
Civil Monetary Penalty
Claim
Claimant
Clear
Clearing
Clearing Corporation
Clearing House
Clearing Margin
Clearing Member
Clearing Procedures Action Type
Close
Closed Position
Closing Price
Closing Purchase Transaction
Closing Range
CME
Co Respondent
Coincident Indicator
Collateral
COM Membership
Comex
Commission
Commission Fee
Commission House
Commitments
Commodity
Commodity Credit Corporation
Commodity Exchange Act
Commodity Exchange Authority
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Commodity Option
Commodity Pool
Commodity Pool Operator (CPO)
Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA)
Compensatory Damages
Complaint
Compound Option
Computerized Trading Reconstruction System
Concurrent Indicators
Confirmation
Confirmation Statement
Congestion
Consent Order
Consolidation
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Contagion
Contango
Contract
Contract Expiration Date
Contract Grades
Contract Market
Contract Month
Contract Unit
Contributor
Controlled Account
Convergence
Conversion Factor
Corner
Correspondent Bank
Cost of Carry
Cost of Living Index
Counterclaim
Counterparty
Counterparty Risks
Country Risk
Coupon
Coupon Value
Cover
Covered Interest Rate Arbitrage
Covered Option
CPI
CPO
CPSS
Crawling Peg (Adjustable Peg)
Credit Risk
Creditor
Crop Reports
Crop Year
Cross Claim
Cross Deal
Cross Forex rate
Cross Hedge
Cross Margining
Cross Trading
Crush Spread
CSCE
CTA
Curb Trading
Currency Currency Basket
Currency Risk
Currency Swap
Current Account
Current Asset
Current Balance
Current Delivery Month
Current Yield
Customer Margin
Customer Segregated Accounts
Cycle

D
Daily Price Limit
Daily Trading Limit
Day Order
Day Trader
Day Trading
Dealer
Dealer Option
Decision
Deck
Decorum and Attire Action Type
Default
Deferred Delivery
Deferred Futures
Deficit
Deliverable Grades
Deliverable Stocks
Delivery
Delivery Date
Delivery Instrument
Delivery Month
Delivery Notice
Delivery Option
Delivery Points
Delivery Price
Delta
Delta Margining
Delta Value
Demand
Deposit
Deposition
Depreciation
Derivative
Designated Self Regulatory Organization (DSRO)
Devaluation
Diagonal Spread
Differentials
Direct Quote
Directly Crossing Orders
Directly Taking the Other Side
Disclosure Document
Discount
Discount Basis
Discount Forex rate
Discount Method
Discretionary Account
Dismiss
Dismissal
Dismissal With Prejudice
Dismissal Without Prejudice
Divergence
Diversification
Double Bottom
Double Hedging
Double Top
Dow Jones Average
Downtick
Dual Trading

E
Econometrics
Economic Indicator
Efficient Market
Electronic Order
Electronic Trading System
Elliot Wave Theory
Enjoin
Equilibrium Price
Equity
Escrow Account
Estoppel
EURO
Eurocurrency
Eurodollars
European Central Bank (ECB)
European Currency Unit
European Monetary Union (EMU)
European Terms
Even Lot
Ex Parte
Ex Pit Transaction
Exchange
Exchange for Physicals
Exchange of Futures for Cash
Exchange Rate
Exchange Risk Facto
Exempt Foreign Firm
Exercise
Exercise Price
Expanded Traded Hours
Expiration Date
Extrinsic Value

F
Face Value
False Breakout
Fast Market
FCM
Fed Fund Rate
Fed Funds
FEDAI
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Funds Rate
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Federal National Mortgage Association
Federal Reserve (Fed)
Federal Reserve Board
Feed Ratio
Felony
Fibonacci Sequence
Fictitious Trading
Fiduciary Duty
Fill or Kill Order
Final Decision
Final Injunction
Final Order
Financial Action Type
Financial Analysis Auditing Compliance Tracking System (FACTS)
Financial and Position Reporting Action Type
Financial Instrument
First Notice Day
Fiscal Policy
Fix or Fixing
Fixed Exchange Rate
Fixed Income Security
Flat/Square
Float
Floating Exchange Rate
Floor
Floor Broker (FB)
Floor Committee
Floor Recordkeeping Action Type
Floor Trader (FT)
FOB
FOMC
Forced Liquidation
Foreign currency
Foreign Exchange
Foreign Futures or Foreign Options Secured Amount
Foreign Position
Foreign Terminal
Forex
Forex Deal
Forex trader
Forward
Forward Contract
Forward Cover Taking
Forward Deal
Forward Market
Forward Points
Forward Purchase or Sale
Forward Rate
Forwardation
Free Reserves
Front Office
Frontrunning
FT
Full Carrying Charge, Full Carry
Full Membership (CBOT)
Fully Disclosed Account
Fund of Funds
Fundamental Analysis
Fundamentals
Futures Commission Merchant (FCM)
Futures Contract
Futures Exchange
Futures Exchange-Traded Contracts
Futures Industry Association (FIA)
Futures Price
FX

G
Gamma
Gap
General Conduct Action Type
GIM Membership (CBOT)
Ginzy Trading
Give Up
Gold Silver Ratio
Good This Week Order
Good 'Til Cancelled Order (GTC)
Grades
Grain Terminal
Grantor
Gross Domestic Product
Gross National Product
Gross Processing Margin
Guaranteed Introducing Broker
Guarantor

H
Haircut
Hand Held Terminal
Hard Currency
Head and Shoulders
Hearing
Hearing Committee
Hedge
Hedge Ratio
Hedger
Hedging
High
Hog Corn Ratio
Holder
Horizontal Spread
Hypothetical Disclaimer

I
IB
IBRD
ICCH
IDEM Membership (CBOT)
IFEMA
IMF
IMM
Immunity
Implied Rates
In the Money Option
Independent Introducing Broker
Index Arbitrage
Indicative Quote
Indictment
Indirect Quote
Indirectly Crossing Orders
Indirectly Taking the Other Side
Inelasticity
Inflation
Info Quote
Initial Decision
Initial Deposit
Initial Determination
Initial Margin
Initial Performance Bond
Injunction
Interbank Rates
Intercommodity Spread
Interdelivery Spread
Interest Rate Futures
Interest Rate Risk
Interest Rate Swaps
Interim Order
Intermarket Spread
International Commodities Clearinghouse
International Swaps and Derivatives Association
Intervention
Intra Day Limit
Intra Day Position
Intracommodity Spread
Intrinsic Value
Introducing Broker (IB)
Inverse Head and Shoulder
Inverted Market
Invisible Supply
IOM
IPI
ISDA (International Securities Dealers Association)

J
Joint Account
Joint and Several Liability

K
KCBOT
KCBT

L
Lagging Indicators
Large Traders
Last Notice Day
Last Trading Day
Leading Indicators
Leaps
Leverage
LIBOR
Licensed Warehouse
Life of Contract
Limit Down
Limit Move
Limit Only
Limit Order
Limit Position
Limit Price
Limit Up
Limited Partnership
Linkage
Liquid
Liquidate
Liquidation
Liquidity
Loan Program
Loan Rate
Local
Locked In
Long
Long Hedge
Long Position
Long the Basis
Lookback Option
Low

M
M0
M1
M2
M3
M4
MACE
Maintenance Margin
Maintenance Performance Bond
Make a Market
Managed Account
Managed Float
Managed Funds Association
Managed Futures
Margin
Margin Account
Margin Call
Marginal Risk
Market Correction
Market If Touched (MIT)
Market Information Data Inquiry System( MIDIS)
Market Maker
Market Order
Market Price Reporting and Information Systems
Market Profile
Market Reporter
Market Risk
Market Value
Mark-to-Market
Material Fact
Maturity
Maximum Price Fluctuation
Mechanical System
Mediation
Member Responsibility Action (MRA)
Membership Committee
Membership Denial
Membership Denial Action Type
MGE
MIDAM
Minimum Price Fluctuation
Misdemeanor
MIT
MITI
Mitigating Factors
MM
Monetary Policy
Money Laundering
Money Pass
Money Supply
Motion
Motion for Summary Judgment
Motion to Dismiss
Moving Average
MRA
Municipal Bonds
Mutual fund

N
Naked Call
Naked Option
Naked Put
Narrow Market
National Futures Association (NFA)
National Introducing Brokers Association
NAV
Nearby (Delivery) Month
Necessary Margin
Negative Carry
Negative Yield Curve
Net Asset Value (NAV)
Net Capital
Net Performance
Net Position
NFA
NFA Associate Member
No-Action Floor Trader
Nolo Contendere
Nominal Price
Non Member Panel
Notice Day
Notice of Appeal
Notice of Intent
Notional Amount
NYBT or NYBOT
NYCE
NYFE
NYME or NYMEX
NYMEX

O
Offer
Office Recordkeeping Action Type
Offset
Offsetting Transaction
Omnibus Account
One Cancels the Other Order (OCO)
OPEC
Open Interest
Open Market Operation
Open Order
Open Outcry
Open Position
Open Trade Equity
Opening (The)
Opening Price (or Range)
Opening Range
Opinion
Option
Option Buyer
Option Contract
Option Grantor
Option Premium
Option Seller
Option Spread
Option Writer
Oral Argument
Order
Original Margin
Out of the Money
Out Trade
Over the Counter (OTC)
Over the Counter Market
Overbought
Overnight
Oversold

P
Par
Pardon
Partnership
Party
Payment-In-Kind Program
PBOT
Pegged Price
Pegging
Performance Bond
Performance Bond Call
Performance Bond Margin
Permanent Injunction
Permanently Enjoin
Petition
Petition for Review
Petition to Stay
Pips
Pit
Pleadings
Point
Point and Figure Charts
Point Balance
Political Risk
Pool
Pool Operator
Position
Position Day
Position Limit
Position Trader
Positive Carry
Positive Yield Curve
Power of Attorney
Prearranged Trading
Preliminary Hearing
Preliminary Injunction
Premium
Premium Refers
Price Discovery
Price Limit
Price Limit Order
Price Transparency
Primary Dealer
Primary Market
Prime Rate
Principal
Pro Se
Producer Price Index (PPI)
Profit Taking
Program Trading
Project A
Promotional Material
Proof of Service
Pulpit
Punitive Damages
Purchase and Sell Statement
Purchasing Hedge or Long Hedge
Put Option
Pyramiding

Q
Quick Order
Quotation
Quote

R
Rally
Random Walk
Range
Rate
Ratio Hedge
Ratio Spread
Reaction
Receiver
Recession
Reciprocal of European Terms
Recovery
Registrant
Registration Action Type
Regulatory Action
Remand
Reparations
Reply
Reportable Position
Reporting Level
Representative
Repurchase Agreements or (Repo)
Reserve Requirements
Resistance
Respondent
Response to Notice of Intent
Resting Order
Restitution
Restraining Order
Resumption
Retender
Retracement
Revaluation
Reversal
Reverse Conversion
Reverse Crush Spread
Revoke
Riding the Yield Curve
Ring
Risk
Risk Management
Risk/Reward Ratio
Roll-Over
Round Lot
Round Turn
Runners

S
Sales Practice Action Type
Satisfactorily Subordinated Liabilities
Scalper
Secondary Market
Security
Segregated Account
Segregated Funds
Self Regulatory Organization (SRO)
Sell on Close
Sell on Opening
Seller's Market
Seller's Option
Selling Hedge
Selling Rate
Settlement
Settlement Agreement
Settlement Date
Settlement Price
Short
Short Covering
Short Hedge
Short Position
Short Selling
Short Squeeze
Short the Basis
SITC
Slippage
SOFFEX
Soft
Soft currency
Soft Market
Sold Out Market
Sole Proprietorship
SPAN
Specialist System
Speculative Limit
Speculative Position Limit
Speculative Position Limit Action Type
Speculator
Spike
Spot
Spot Commodity
Spot Date
Spot Market
Spot Month
Spot Next
Spot Price
Spread
Spreading
Squeeze
SRO
Stable Market
Stagflation
Standard and Poors (S&P)
Stay
Steer/Corn Ratio
Sterilization
Sterling
Stock Index
Stock Market
Stop Close Only Order
Stop Limit Order
Stop Loss Order
Stop Out Price
Straddle
Strangle
Strike Price
Strip
Structural Unemployment
Summary Action
Summary Judgment
Summary Proceeding
Support
Support Levels
Suspension
Swap
Swaption
Swift
Swissy
Switch
Systemic Risk

T
Technical Analysis
Technical Indicators
Telemarketing
Temporary Injunction
Temporary License
Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)
Tender
Tenderable Grades
Terminal Elevator
Terminal Market
Theta
Third Party Claim
Tick
Time and Sales Ticker
Time Limit Order
Time of Day Order
Time Spread
Time Stamp
Time Value
To Arrive Contract
Tomorrow Next (Tom/Next)
Trade Balance
Trade Option
Trade Practice Action Type
Traders
Trading Advisor
Trading Ahead
Trading Limit
Transaction Cost
Transaction Date
Transfer Notice
Transfer Trades
Transferable Option (or Contract)
Treasury Bill
Treasury Bond
Treasury Note
Treble Damages
Trend
Trendline
TRO
Turnover
Two-Way Price

U
U.S. Treasury Bill
U.S. Treasury Bond
U.S. Treasury Note
Uncovered Option
Underlying Futures Contract
Up Front Fees
Uptick
Uptick Rule
US Prime Forex rate

V
Value Date
Variable Price Limit
Variation Margin
Versus Cash
Vertical Spread
Volatility (Vol)
Volume

W
Warehouse Receipt
Wash Sale
Wash Trading
Whipsaw
Wire House
Writer

Y
Yard
Yield
Yield Curve
Yield to Maturity

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