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Commodity
Definition: A commodity is food, metal, or another fixed physical substance that investors buy or sell, usually via futures contracts.
Definition: A commodity is food, metal, or another fixed physical substance that investors buy or sell, usually via futures contracts.
Commodity Bundle
Definition: One unit of the collection of the complete set of goods produced and sold in the world market.
Definition: One unit of the collection of the complete set of goods produced and sold in the world market.
Commodity Channel Index
Definition: An index used in technical analysis. High values mean a potential future correction (downward movement in underlying asset) and low values potentially forecast a rally. Details in Donald Lambert's October 1980 article in Commodities Magazine.
Definition: An index used in technical analysis. High values mean a potential future correction (downward movement in underlying asset) and low values potentially forecast a rally. Details in Donald Lambert's October 1980 article in Commodities Magazine.
Commodity Exchange Act
Definition: The Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 1, et seq., provides for the federal regulation of commodity futures and options trading. See Commodity Futures Modernization Act.
Definition: The Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 1, et seq., provides for the federal regulation of commodity futures and options trading. See Commodity Futures Modernization Act.
Commodity Exchange Authority
Definition: A regulatory agency of the US Department of Agriculture established to administer the Commodity Exchange Act prior to 1975. The Commodity Exchange Authority was the predecessor of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Definition: A regulatory agency of the US Department of Agriculture established to administer the Commodity Exchange Act prior to 1975. The Commodity Exchange Authority was the predecessor of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Commodity Exchange Commission
Definition: A commission consisting of the Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, and the Attorney General, responsible for administering the Commodity Exchange Act prior to 1975.
Definition: A commission consisting of the Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, and the Attorney General, responsible for administering the Commodity Exchange Act prior to 1975.
Commodity Futures Contract
Definition: An agreement to buy a specific amount of a commodity at a specified price on a particular date in the future, allowing a producer to guarantee the price of a product or raw material used in production.
Definition: An agreement to buy a specific amount of a commodity at a specified price on a particular date in the future, allowing a producer to guarantee the price of a product or raw material used in production.
Commodity Futures Modernization Act
Definition: The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA), Pub. L. No. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763, reauthorized the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for five years and overhauled the Commodity Exchange Act to create a flexible structure for the regulation of futures and options trading. Significantly, the CFMA codified an agreement between the CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission to repeal the 18-year-old ban on the trading of single stock futures.
Definition: The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA), Pub. L. No. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763, reauthorized the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for five years and overhauled the Commodity Exchange Act to create a flexible structure for the regulation of futures and options trading. Significantly, the CFMA codified an agreement between the CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission to repeal the 18-year-old ban on the trading of single stock futures.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Definition: An agency created by the US Congress in 1974 to regulate exchange trading in futures.
Definition: An agency created by the US Congress in 1974 to regulate exchange trading in futures.
Commodity Indices
Definition: Indices measuring the price and performance of physical commodities, often by the price of futures contracts for the commodities that are listed on commodity exchanges.
Definition: Indices measuring the price and performance of physical commodities, often by the price of futures contracts for the commodities that are listed on commodity exchanges.
Commodity Option
Definition: An option on a commodity or a futures contract.
Definition: An option on a commodity or a futures contract.
Commodity Paper
Definition: A loan or advance secured by commodities.
Definition: A loan or advance secured by commodities.
Commodity Pool
Definition: An investment trust, syndicate, or similar form of enterprise operated for the purpose of trading commodity futures or option contracts. Typically thought of as an enterprise engaged in the business of investing the collective or "pooled" funds of multiple participants in trading commodity futures or options, where participants share in profits and losses on a pro rata basis. See CFTC Backgrounder : Commodity Trading Advisors and Commodity Pool Operators.
Definition: An investment trust, syndicate, or similar form of enterprise operated for the purpose of trading commodity futures or option contracts. Typically thought of as an enterprise engaged in the business of investing the collective or "pooled" funds of multiple participants in trading commodity futures or options, where participants share in profits and losses on a pro rata basis. See CFTC Backgrounder : Commodity Trading Advisors and Commodity Pool Operators.
Commodity Pool Operator (CPO)
Definition: A person engaged in a business similar to an investment trust or a syndicate and who solicits or accepts funds, securities, or property for the purpose of trading commodity futures contracts or commodity options. The CPO either itself makes trading decisions on behalf of the pool or engages a commodity trading advisor to do so. See CFTC Backgrounder: Commodity Trading Advisors and Commodity Pool Operators.
Definition: A person engaged in a business similar to an investment trust or a syndicate and who solicits or accepts funds, securities, or property for the purpose of trading commodity futures contracts or commodity options. The CPO either itself makes trading decisions on behalf of the pool or engages a commodity trading advisor to do so. See CFTC Backgrounder: Commodity Trading Advisors and Commodity Pool Operators.
Commodity Price Index
Definition: Index or average, which may be weighted, of selected commodity prices, intended to be representative of the markets in general or a specific subset of commodities, e.g., grains or livestock.
Definition: Index or average, which may be weighted, of selected commodity prices, intended to be representative of the markets in general or a specific subset of commodities, e.g., grains or livestock.
Commodity Research Bureau
Definition: Produces a popular price index of 17 commodities which is often used to track inflationary trends in the economy.
Definition: Produces a popular price index of 17 commodities which is often used to track inflationary trends in the economy.
Commodity Trading Advisor
Definition: An investment manager that focuses on long and short trading in the futures markets. The trades are often intraday trades. Sometimes referred to as Managed Futures.
Definition: An investment manager that focuses on long and short trading in the futures markets. The trades are often intraday trades. Sometimes referred to as Managed Futures.
Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA)
Definition: A person who, for pay, regularly engages in the business of advising others as to the value of commodity futures or options or the advisability of trading in commodity futures or options, or issues analyses or reports concerning commodity futures or options. See CFTC Backgrounder: Commodity Trading Advisors and Commodity Pool Operators.
Definition: A person who, for pay, regularly engages in the business of advising others as to the value of commodity futures or options or the advisability of trading in commodity futures or options, or issues analyses or reports concerning commodity futures or options. See CFTC Backgrounder: Commodity Trading Advisors and Commodity Pool Operators.
Commodity-backed Bond
Definition: A bond with interest payments tied to the price of an underlying commodity.
Definition: A bond with interest payments tied to the price of an underlying commodity.
