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  Strategies&Tactics Glossary
Principal paydown rules are generally drawn from the underlying instrument.
As with floaters, the rate is usually adjusted monthly and principal paydown rules are generally drawn from the underlying instrument.
In general, a measure of the uncertainty of the amount by which the price of the underlying instrument is expected to fluctuate in a given period of time.
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  "Underlying instrument" Definition
The instrument, such as shares and commodities on which a futures or options contract is based.
Underlying instrument - The instrument, such as shares and commodities on which a futures or options contract is based.
Underlying instrument : the instrument, such as shares and commodities on which a futures or options contract is based.
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 * Underlying - (Stock Market): Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The underlying theory is that as a market moves higher, the shorter of two moving averages is above the longer average.
The Chaikin Oscillator generates a signal when the underlying asset reaches a new high or new low which is unconfirmed by a similar new high or new low in the oscillator.
The volatility of the underlying stock is one of the key factors in determining the value of an option.
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 * Underlying Security - (Stock Market): Definition
Underlying Security - The security on which options are being bought or sold.
Underlying, underlying security: The cash instrument on which a futures contract is based.
In options trading, the strike price (also known as the exercise price) is the specified price for the investment instrument underlying a call or put.
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 * Underlying Instrument - (Stock Market): Definition
Underlying Security In options, a stock subject to purchase upon exercise of the option...
A market in the underlying instrument (for example, shares, commodities etc) on which a futures or...
Delta-Neutral: This an "options/options" or "options/underlying instrument" position constructed so that it is relatively insensitive to the price movement of the underlying instruments...
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 Index Options: Equity vs. Index Options
The underlying instrument of an equity option is a number of shares of a specific stock, usually 100 shares.
Rather, the underlying instrument of an index option is usually the value of the underlying index of stocks times a multiplier, which is generally U.S. Volatility
The value of every index underlying an option, including the exercise settlement value, is the value of the index as determined by the reporting authority designated by the market where the option is traded.
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 underlying
In finance, an underlying is an investment from which a derivative security is derived.
For example in the case of a call option on a stock, the stock is the underlying and the option is the derivative.
In the case of an option on a bond, the bond is the underlying.
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 Progress in Transplantation: Evaluation of an immunosuppressant side effect instrument
Objective-To construct an instrument that measures the impact and severity of side effects of immunosuppressive medications used in transplantation and to assess the reliability and validity of the newly developed instrument called the Memphis Survey.
The instrument scales were then computed from the dataset of 505 transplant recipients to quantify the impact of immunosuppressant side effects on the quality of life of transplant recipients.
Because this instrument was developed in the early cyclosporine era, it has recently been revised to include side effects associated with new immunosuppressive drugs used in transplantation.11 Symptom distress has also been addressed in another instrument3,7,13,14; however, the psychometric properties of the instrument have not been published.
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 Glossary Of Trading Terms
At the time the cash instruments are bought, the open futures position is typically closed by selling an equal number and type of futures contracts as those that were initially purchased.
The holder of a short position in a futures contract that is physically settled must deliver the underlying instrument to the holder of a long position in accordance with the standard delivery cycle specified by the futures contract.
Financial Instrument: There are two basic types: (1) a debt instrument, which is a loan with an agreement to pay back funds with interest; (2) an equity security, which is a share of ownership or stock in a company.
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 Underlying instrument
The underlying instrument is the financial instrument upon which a derivative security's price is based.
In the financial world, it is possible to trade in one financial instrument whose value is defined in terms of the price of some other financial instrument (the 'underlying' instrument).
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
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 Underlying cash markets   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The markets for financial instruments upon which a futures or options contract is based.
These tend to be homogeneous or a "basket" of like instruments, e.g.
Underlying cash markets / the markets for financial instruments upon which a futures or options contract is based.
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 instrument underlying information.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The underlying instrument is the asset that the holder has the right to buy or sell..
The underlying instrument may be a security (such as shares in a..
Underlying instrument - Definition of word from Investor.
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 BSI Financial Solutions - Glossary
either a call option where the underlying price is greater than the strike price or a put option where the underlying price is less than the strike price.
the date on which an instrument is due to be repaid by its issuer at its redemption price.
instrument, stock, basket or index on which a derivative or a certificate is based.
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 UNDERLYING ASSET
In Thailand, the words leasing or hire purchase are used interchangeably in the market, especially when the underlying asset is an automobile.
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 Musical instrument - Patent 5689074
Stringed instrument sound modification in which a specially braced soundboard is provided either for stand alone use or in cooperative combination with a plurality of vibrating reeds thereby to modify sounds produced by the vibrating strings of the instrument.
A stringed musical instrument according to claim 11 wherein said means for focusing acoustic energy produced within said sound board includes means for focusing said acoustic energy at a first location at one side of said sound board and at a second location at another side of said sound board.
A stringed musical instrument according to claim 20 wherein said means for disposing said elongated acoustically vibratable members in operative pairs comprises a plurality of elongated reed members each connected to ends of pairs of said elongated acoustically vibratable members.
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 FR Doc E6-4989
In the case of a portfolio not holding a position in the underlying instrument, or a broad-based index portfolio, $.375 shall be applied instead of $.75.
Underlying instruments[Exchange traded index funds and/or other eligible funds] will be transferred out of the portfolio margin account and into a regular securities account subject to strategy based margin if, for more than 10 business days and for any reason, the offsetting securities options or other eligible securities no longer remain in the account.
Underlying instrument positions will be transferred out of the cross- margin account and into a regular securities account if, for more than 10 business days and for any reason, the offsetting related instrument or other eligible instrument no longer remains in the account.
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 Understanding Financial Markets & Instruments: Online book - Chapter 7
In the case where the market price of the underlying asset is more than the strike price of the option, the holder will exercise the option, and the writer will suffer a loss on the underlying asset.
If this is the case, he can buy the underlying instrument in the market at the lower price, and sell the instrument to the writer of the option at the higher strike price of the option.
To buy the instrument it is assumed that he either borrows the money at the short-term risk-free interest rate, or uses internal funds that will cost him the cost of capital from his business.
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 instrument
Musical instruments are devices designed to produce music, frequently by plucking or striking a string or bell or drum surface, or by forcing air to resonate (see wind instruments).
Measuring instruments are devices used to measure or compare the magnitude of physical properties, such as voltmeters.
Legal instruments are documents used to formally document various types of transactions or confirm certain statuses for specific purposes, such as confirming contractual relations, civil status, etc. Examples include willss, writs, court order, contracts, treatys, marriage licenses and driver's licenses.
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 Recent Case Law Developments In Will And Trust Instrument Construction
In so doing, the Court sought to engage in "a sympathetic reading of the instruments as a whole" and implied that the predominant intention of the settlor in creating and funding the trusts was to utilize the gift tax annual exclusion.
The Court reasoned that, since a guardian for a minor beneficiary is in office only during the period in which the beneficiary is under age 21, it may be implied that such language had no purpose if the settlor did not intend that the beneficiary be entitled to receive discretionary distributions while under age 21.
Third, reading the power of appointment language to confer a taxable general power of appointment on the son appeared inconsistent with other provisions in the trust instrument that restrict the son’s access to trust principal in an apparent effort to cause the son’s power of appointment not to be general for tax purposes.
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 Implied Volatility
The Implied Volatility study uses the value of options on an underlying instrument to estimate the underlying instrument's volatility.
If the instrument in the active chart window is an underlying instrument, the Implied Volatility parameters menu changes.
First, since the underlying instrument is in the chart, the Underlying record disappears.
www.aspenres.com /Documents/AspenGraphics4.0/Implied_Volatility.htm   (684 words)

  
 Warrant (finance)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The right to buy the underlying instrument is referred to as a call warrant; the right to sell it is known as a put warrant.
Traditional warrants are issued in conjunction with a bond (known as a warrant-linked bond), and represent the right to acquire shares in the entity issuing the bond.
In other words, the writer of a traditional warrant is also the issuer of the underlying instrument.
www.termsdefined.net /wa/warrant-(finance).html   (360 words)

  
 TradersGame.com Glossary
The seller or grantor of the call is obligated to deliver the underlying instrument if the holder chooses to exercise his right.
A call buyer, if he exercises his option, is, in effect, demanding delivery of the quantity of the underlying instrument previously specified as the option quantity, and must, of course, be prepared to pay for it.
The seller of the call should have anticipated the likelihood of exercise, for he must have the underlying instrument available or have the wherewithal to acquire it to meet the delivery requirement.
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 How warrants are valued on ASX
The more volatile the underlying instrument, the higher the price of the warrant will be, all other things being equal.
This is because the price of the underlying asset has a greater probability of moving above (for a call) or below (for a put) the exercise price of the warrant, which makes the warrant more valuable.
The effect of an interest rate rise is the opposite for put warrants, as you are deferring the receipt, rather than the expenditure of funds.
www.asx.com.au /investor/warrants/how/valuation.htm   (640 words)

  
 Dictionary of Financial Terms — Path to Investing
Underlying instrument An underlying instrument is a security, such as a stock, a commodity, or other type of financial product, such as a stock index, whose value determines the value of a derivative investment or product.
Underlying instruments may also be called underlying products, underlying interest, or sometimes the underlying investment.
Underlying investment An underlying instrument is a security, such as a stock, a commodity, or other type of financial product, such as a stock index, whose value determines the value of a derivative investment or product.
www.pathtoinvesting.org /dictionary/words_u.htm   (2493 words)

  
 Commodity Brokers - Futures and Options Trading - MCCI
The process whereby a call option writer is obligated to surrender the underlying instrument (futures contract) to the option buyer at a price equal to the striking price of the call written.
An investing or trading strategy in which positions are maintained in a variety of underlying instruments, for the purpose of reducing risk and increasing bottom-line profits.
The procedure whereby the holder of an option notifies appropriate exchange (through the holder's broker) that he wishes to purchase the underlying instrument (in the case of a call) or deliver the underlying instrument (in the case of a put) at the exercise price.
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 Instrument - Futures Glossary & Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The dramatic growth of financial instrument futures and options is closely tied to the entry of new market participants who have devoted a great deal of...
One advantage of a futures contract is that its performance is guaranteed by the futures exchange the instrument trades on.
This is a group of contracts having the same underlying instrument (futures contracts and the options on these contracts).
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The position yields the maximum profit if the underlying instrument is exactly at the same strike price of the two options on the expiration day of the shorter-dated option, which is the one which was sold short.
The option positions are equivalent to a synthetic position which is offset by the short position in the underlying instrument.
Volatility in the underlying instrument is generally favorable for an option because even if the stock moves against the option holder, the loss on the option is limited, whereas a large move in your favor can lead to extremely large percentage returns.
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 Financial, Investing and Stock Glossary - TheStreet.com
When you write, or sell, a call option but don't own the underlying instrument, such as a stock in the case of an equity option, the option is described as naked.
But you must buy the option's underlying instrument if the option buyer exercises the option and you are assigned to meet the contract's terms.
For example, if a naked call option were exercised and assigned to you, you would have to buy the underlying instrument at its market price to be able to meet the terms of the contract.
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 Binomial options model See also External links underlying instrument volatility derivative security arbitrage-free ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Essentially, option valuation here is via application of the risk neutrality assumption over the life of the option, as the price of the underlying instrument evolves.
At each step, it is assumed that the underlying instrument will move up or down by a specific factor - u or d - per step of the tree.
:q is the dividend yield of the underlying corresponding to the life of the option.
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