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All options share certain attributes. The characteristics and most mechanics of options are universal. For example, both options on stocks and options on futures are derivatives and they both have strike prices, expiration dates and their payoff diagrams are mathematically identical. An option on a futures contract has the potential to fluctuate in price similarly to the underlying futures contract. As with any trading vehicle, it is important to understand the basic structure of the instrument you are buying and selling. These include: 1. expiration, 2. carry charge or contango, 3. dividends, 4. standardized point value, 5. stock splits, and 6. product availability. While some differences are as clear as the spec sheets for the contracts themselves, other differences between stock opti...
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... separately for each reporting market, expiration and strike price en each special account as of the... shall also show all positions in all contract months and option expirations of that same commodi...Similar to other dates, the format is YYYYMMDD and represents the expirat...
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..., introducing brokers, and members of contract markets. Each futures commission merchant, retail ... transaction involved a put or call, expiration date, quantity, underlying contract for future del... provisions of ? 1.38, and trades cleared on dates other than the date of execution. Except as otherw...
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... pool operator with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'') and is a member of t... on securities and indices; futures contracts; options on futures contracts; forward contracts; ... a futures contract prior to its expiration is known as ``rolling'' a contract or position. An... on one or more of these monthly evaluation dates. The likely circumstances under which the Index Sp...
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... or foreign broker? means all open contracts and transactions in futures and options on the rec... market and delivery months or option expiration dates named in the call. Such information shall be...
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On January 26, 2011, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (``proposal'' or ``Proposed Rules''), which establishes a position limits regime for 28 exempt and agricultural commodity futures and options contracts and the physical commodity swaps that are economically equivalent to such contracts. The Commission is adopting the Proposed Rules, with modifications.
...DATES: Effective date: The effective date for this final... and the history of various spot-month expirations.' '' \73\. ---------------------------------------...
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...CHAPTER I: COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION. PART 32: REGULATION OF COMMODI... trade option merchant prior to option expiration or exercise, that amount:. (i) May only be used by... to purchase a covering position on a contract market designated under section 6 of the Act or pa... trade options offered or sold on the dates specified in the call, each agricultural trade opt...
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is adopting final regulations to implement certain provisions of Title VII and Title VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) governing derivatives clearing organization (DCO) activities. More specifically, the regulations establish the regulatory standards for compliance with DCO Core Principles A (Compliance), B (Financial Resources), C (Participant and Product Eligibility), D (Risk Management), E (Settlement Procedures), F (Treatment of Funds), G (Default Rules and Procedures), H (Rule Enforcement), I (System Safeguards), J (Reporting), K (Recordkeeping), L (Public Information), M (Information Sharing), N (Antitrust Considerations), and R (Legal Risk) set forth in Section 5b of the Com...
...DATES: The rules will become effective January 9, 2012. ..., the proposed DCO rules used the terms ``contract'' and ``product'' interchangeably, and some provis...dated expiration time for many swaps, and the challenges of the liq...
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is adopting regulations to implement certain provisions of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd- Frank Act). These regulations set forth reporting and recordkeeping requirements and daily trading records requirements for swap dealers (SDs) and major swap participants (MSPs). These regulations also set forth certain duties imposed upon SDs and MSPs registered with the Commission with regard to: Risk management procedures; monitoring of trading to prevent violations of applicable position limits; diligent supervision; business continuity and disaster recovery; disclosure and the ability of regulators to obtain general information; and antitrust considerations. In addition, these regul...
...DATES: The rules are effective June 4, 2012. Specific co... following the termination, maturity, expiration, transfer, assignment, or novation date of the swa... by the Commission, a designated contract market (DCM), or a swap execution facility (SEF), ...
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... or otherwise based on any combination of futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward c...As a result, the roll dates, terms, underlying contracts, and contract prices ... the Fund will hold options until expiration, the Fund may have uncovered out-of-the-money opti...