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Derivatives traders in the pit at the Chicago Board of Trade in 1993. Derivatives trading of this kind may serve the financial interests of certain particular businesses. [26] For example, a corporation borrows a large sum of money at a specific interest rate. [27] The interest rate on the loan reprices every six months.
Broker-dealers are at the heart of the securities and derivatives trading process. [1] Although many broker-dealers are "independent" firms solely involved in broker-dealer services, many others are business units or subsidiaries of commercial banks, investment banks or investment companies. When executing trade orders on behalf of a customer ...
Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX) semi-annual Stock-brokering Exams; Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) offers a few certificate programs including: Module 1: The role and responsibilities of compliance officers in the capital market; Module 2: Compliance risk-based monitoring programmes; Module 3: Conduct of business obligations of a broker dealer firm
Floor Broker/Trader: an individual who trades commodity contracts on the floor of a commodities exchange. When executing trades on behalf of a client in exchange for a commission he is acting in the role of a broker. When trading on behalf of his own account, or for the account of his employer, he is acting in the role of a trader.
Since the 1970s, [10] trading in futures contracts has rapidly expanded beyond traditional physical and agricultural commodities into a vast array of financial instruments, including foreign currencies, U.S. and foreign government securities, and U.S. and foreign stock indices. [citation needed]
The derivatives market is the financial market for derivatives - financial instruments like futures contracts or options - which are derived from other forms of assets. The market can be divided into two, that for exchange-traded derivatives and that for over-the-counter derivatives. The legal nature of these products is very different, as well ...
A commodity trading advisor (CTA) is US financial regulatory term for an individual or organization who is retained by a fund or individual client to provide advice and services related to trading in futures contracts, commodity options and/or swaps. [1] [2] They are responsible for the trading within managed futures accounts.
Exchange-traded derivative contracts [1] are standardized derivative contracts such as futures and options contracts that are transacted on an organized futures exchange. They are standardized and require payment of an initial deposit or margin settled through a clearing house . [ 2 ]