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Accumulation
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Occurs when the supply of a security is less than the demand. |
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Arbitrage
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The simultaneous purchase and sale of identical or equivalent financial instruments or commodity futures in order to benefit from a discrepancy in their price relationship. |
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Ask
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Also called "offer." Indicates a willingness to sell a futures contract at a given price. (See bid.) |
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Associated Person (AP)
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An individual who solicits orders, customers, or customer funds on behalf of a Futures Commission Merchant, an Introducing Broker, a Commodity Trading Advisor, or a Commodity Pool Operator and who is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) via the National Futures Association (NFA). |
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At the Market
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An order to buy or sell futures contracts which is to be filled at the best possible price and as soon as possible. |
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At the Money
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An option whose strike price is equal, or approximately equal, to the current market price of the underlying futures contract. |
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There
is a substantial risk of loss in futures trading.