13 Derivative Instruments Forward Futures Options
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A Beginners’ Guide to Commodity Market
www.karvycommodities.comA derivative contract is an enforceable agreement whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset; the underlying asset can be a commodity, precious metal, currency, bond, stock, or, indices of commodities, stocks etc. Four most common examples of derivative instruments are forwards, futures, and options.
Eaton Vance Emerging Markets Local Income Fund
funds.eatonvance.comThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) has adopted regulations that subject registered investment companies and advisers to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in certain CFTC-regulated instruments (including futures, certain options and swap agreements) or markets itself as providing
TRADING VOLATILITY
trading-volatility.comWhile standardised exchange traded options only started trading in 1973 when the CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange) opened, options were first traded in London from 1690. Pricing was made easier by the Black-Scholes-Merton formula (usually shortened to Black-Scholes), which was invented in 1970 by Fischer Black, Myron Scholes and Robert Merton.