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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.

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Entry Capacity

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

Capacity to flow (usually gas) onto a National Transmission System

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ETRM

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

Energy Trading and Risk Management - usually referring to a computer system that allows trades to be electronically recorded, and risk measures to be calculated

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Exchange

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

An Exchange is a trading organization which matches bids and offers on standardized contracts to form trades. Unlike a Broker the Exchange acts as the counterparty for the trades, and trading is anonymous

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Execution

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

In trading terms execution is the act that makes a trade a legally binding contract between the trading parties

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Exposure

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

Exposure is the sensitivity of the value of a trade, or a portfolio, to some market variable

A single trade may have Exposure to multiple market variables, and we measure the Exposure to each variable separately. 

In general there is an Exposure to each independent market variable that determines the value of the trade

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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

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Floating

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

A financial side or leg of a trade that is not fixed in advance, but is dependent on the value of some observable (usually an index) at a pre-agreed time related to the delivery date

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Forward

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

A Forward, or Forward Contract, is an agreement to buy or sell a commodity at a fixed time in the future

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Front Month

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

The earliest tradable month of a particular contract - normally a Futures contract

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