Uncovered Options Trading System
Board of Trade: Any organized exchange or other trading facility for the trading of futures and/or option contracts.
Cash Market: Cash Market is a place where people buy and sell the actual commodities (i.e., grain elevator, bank, etc.). The market for the cash commodity (as contrasted to a futures contract) taking the form of:
1) an organized, self-regulated central market (e.g., a commodity exchange);
2) a decentralized over-the-counter market;
3) a local organization, such as a grain elevator or meat processor, which provides a market for a small region.
Commodity: A commodity, as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act, includes the agricultural commodities enumerated in Section 1a(4) of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 USC 1a(4), and all other goods and articles, except onions as provided in Public Law 85-839 (7 USC 13-1), a 1958 law that banned futures trading in onions, and all services, rights, and interests in which contracts for future delivery are presently or in the future dealt in.
Contract: Contract is a term of reference describing a unit of trading for a commodity future or option. At the same time contract is an agreement to buy or sell a specified commodity, detailing the amount and grade of the product and the date on which the contract will mature and become deliverable.
Deliverable Supply: Deliverable Supply is the total supply of a commodity that meets the delivery specifications of a futures contract. See Economically Deliverable Supply.
Eligible Contract Participant: Eligible Contract Participant is an entity, such as a financial institution, insurance company, or commodity pool, that is classified by the Commodity Exchange Act as an eligible contract participant based upon its regulated status or amount of assets. This classification permits these persons to engage in transactions (such as trading on a derivatives transaction execution facility) not generally available to non-eligible contract participants, i.e., retail customers.
High: High is the highest price of the day for a particular futures or options on futures contract.
Manipulation: Manipulation is a 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 or security in a short period of time in order to distort prices, and putting out false information in order to distort prices.
Trading Facility: Trading Facility is a person or group of persons that provides a physical or electronic facility or system in which multiple participants have the ability to execute or trade agreements, contracts, or transactions by accepting bids and offers made by other participants in the facility or system.
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Naked options trading is very risky - many people lose money trading them. It is recommended contacting your broker or investment professional to find out about trading risk and margin requirements before getting involved into trading uncovered options.