Friday, 29 March 2024, 5:36 AM
Site: Dark Energy Consulting
Course: Free Simple Glossary of Energy Trading terms (Simple Glossary)
Glossary: Free Simple Glossary of Energy Trading terms
nick

Energy

by Nick Henfrey - Saturday, 9 May 2015, 7:14 AM
 

The unhelpful sounding physics definition: Energy is the capacity of a physical system to perform work

We know energy: light, heat, electricity, kinetic (motional) energy, potential (the energy something gets when we lift it up) energy etc.

For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary

nick

Carbon

by Nick Henfrey - Saturday, 9 May 2015, 7:14 AM
 

Gas, oil and coal all contain carbon - when they burn the carbon is oxidized to carbon dioxide.

Carbon dioxide, as we all know, enters the atmosphere, and is generally believed to cause global warming

There are various schemes to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide, called emissions schemes, and these require major emitters of carbon dioxide to provide certificates matching their emission of carbon dioxide. These certificates may be acquired in a number of ways, and there is a market for organizations with surplus certificates to sell, and organizations who need more certificates, to buy

For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary

nick

General Ledger

by Nick Henfrey - Saturday, 9 May 2015, 7:14 AM
 

A record of all financial transactions made by the company

For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary

nick

Fee

by Nick Henfrey - Saturday, 9 May 2015, 7:14 AM
 

A fee is a cash payment which may be associated with:

  • A single trade
  • A group of trades
  • No specific trades

For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary

nick

Delta Hedge

by Nick Henfrey - Saturday, 9 May 2015, 7:14 AM
 

To offset the delta of an option or other non-linear trade, usually with a linear derivatives position

For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary

nick

Auto Trade Capture

by Nick Henfrey - Saturday, 9 May 2015, 7:14 AM
 

Auto Trade Capture is a capability in most trading organizations (and many have an application called ATC) that allows trades executed on an electronic trading platform (usually exchange or broker) to be automatically downloaded to our organization's ETRM

For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary

nick

Origination

by Nick Henfrey - Saturday, 9 May 2015, 7:14 AM
 

Origination - the negotiation and conclusion of bespoke contracts, and structuring of non-standard products to offer for sale

For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary

nick

Trading at Settlement

by Nick Henfrey - Saturday, 9 May 2015, 7:14 AM
 

A type of Futures contract that is physically delivered and settled at the exchange closing price of the contract

For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary

nick

Indexed Forward

by Nick Henfrey - Saturday, 9 May 2015, 7:14 AM
 

A type of Forward contract that is physically delivered and settled at a price derived from a published index

For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary

nick

Linear trade

by Nick Henfrey - Saturday, 9 May 2015, 7:14 AM
 

A trade with no optionality

For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary