Finance

Tag: MA

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Market-on-Opening

    Definition of Market-on-Opening in Futures Trading In this area, here is a meaning of Market-on-Opening: An order to buy or sell at the beginning of the trading session at a price within the opening range of prices.

  • Market Order

    Definition of Market Order in Futures Trading In this area, here is a meaning of Market Order: An order to buy or sell a futures contract at whatever price is obtainable at the time it is entered in the order book, ring, pit, or other trading platform.

  • Market-on-Close

    Definition of Market-on-Close in Futures Trading In this area, here is a meaning of Market-on-Close: An order to buy or sell at the end of the trading session at a price within the closing range of prices. See Stop-Close-Only Order.

  • Manipulation

    Definition of Manipulation in Futures Trading In this area, here is a meaning of Manipulation: Any planned operation, transaction, or practice that causes or maintains an artificial price. Specific types include corners and squeezes as well as unusually large purchases or sales of a commodity […]