BASING POINT
A particular place used in the basing point pricing system. For the most part, the area where the production of commodity or the manufacturing of a product takes place is called the basing point. When ready, the manufacturer will estimate the base price and a set shipping amount from that location, wherever the actual products are shipped from.
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Commodity Exchange Act - CEA
Act regulating all futures trading activities. The US government passed the law in 1936, replacing the Grain Futures Act of 1922.
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Financial worth of the securities acquired by immediately exchanging a convertible security for its underlying assets. Convertibles are financial i ...
Probability Density Function - PDF
A statistical measure that defines a probability distribution for a random variable and is often denoted as f(x). When the PDF function is graphica ...
SEC Form 485A24F
SEC Form 485A24F is a filing used as a registration statement. It is mandated under the SEC. These registration statements represent separate accou ...
Reporting Level
A level of ownership of a certain futures position where the holders exceed the stated amounts and are required by the CFTC to submit regular repor ...
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