Glossary

Bucketing

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Broker: Broker is a company or individual that executes futures and options orders on behalf of financial and commercial institutions and/or the general public. A broker charges a fee or commission for executing buy or sell orders for a customer. In commodity futures trading, the term may refer to:
a) a Floor broker, a person who actually executes orders on the trading floor of an exchange;
b) an Account executive or associated person, the person who deals with customers in the offices of futures commission merchants;
c) the futures commission merchant.

Call: There are three meaning of the "Call" term. It could be:
1) An option contract giving the buyer the right but not the obligation to purchase a commodity or other asset or to enter into a long futures position;
2) a period at the opening and the close of some futures markets in which the price for each futures contract is established by auction;
3) the requirement that a financial instrument be returned to the issuer prior to maturity, with principal and accrued interest paid off upon return.

Called: Called is another term for exercised when an option is a call. In the case of an option on a physical, the writer of a call must deliver the indicated underlying commodity when the option is exercised or called. In the case of an option on a futures contract, a futures position will be created that will require margin, unless the writer of the call has an offsetting position.

Exchange: A central marketplace with established rules and regulations where buyers and sellers meet to trade futures and options contracts or securities. Exchanges include designated contract markets and derivatives transaction execution facilities.

Open: Open is the period at the beginning of the trading session officially designated by the exchange during which all transactions are considered made "at the open."

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