Finance

Category: M

  • Merchant Bank

    Merchant Bank in the Context of Payments Definition of Merchant Bank in the context of payments: See Acquiring Financial Institution.

  • Made Available to Trade

    Definition of Made Available to Trade in Futures Trading In this area, here is a meaning of Made Available to Trade: Swaps trades that are subject to the clearing mandate, and that have been "Made Available to Trade" by a DCM or SEF must be executed on a DCM or SEF.

  • Market Microstructure

    Definition of Market Microstructure in Futures Trading In this area, here is a meaning of Market Microstructure: Refers to the means by which individual trades take place. An example of a broad class of market microstructures is an order book. Another such class covers the markets associated […]

  • Margin

    Definition of Margin in Futures Trading In this area, here is a meaning of Margin: The amount of money or collateral deposited by a customer with his broker, by a broker with a clearing member, or by a clearing member with a clearing organization. The margin is not partial payment on a […]

  • Margin Call

    Definition of Margin Call in Futures Trading In this area, here are some alternative meanings of Margin Call: (a) A request from a brokerage firm to a customer to bring margin deposits up to initial levels; (b) a request by the clearing organization to a clearing member to make a deposit of […]

  • Momentum

    Definition of Momentum in Futures Trading In this area, here is a meaning of Momentum: In technical analysis, the relative change in price over a specific time interval. Often equated with speed or velocity and considered in terms of relative strength.

  • Maintenance Margin

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  • Matching Algorithm

    Definition of Matching Algorithm in Futures Trading In this area, here is a meaning of Matching Algorithm: A set of rules (encoded in software in the case of electronic markets) for determining when and if bids and offers are matched to one another.

  • Media Retrieval Requests

    Media Retrieval Requests in the Context of Payments Definition of Media Retrieval Requests in the context of payments: Media retrieval is the process of obtaining paper documents from a centralized location. There are two types of media retrieval requests: 1) requests for sales records from […]

  • Minimum Price Fluctuation

    Definition of Minimum Price Fluctuation (Minimum Tick) in Futures Trading In this area, here is a meaning of Minimum Price Fluctuation (Minimum Tick): Smallest increment of price movement possible in trading a given contract.