Free Simple Glossary of Energy Trading terms


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TRADING

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Trade

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

A trade is a legally binding contract between two parties

A physically settled trade requires one party to deliver one or more commodities to the other party at a time and location specified in the trade terms, in return for one or more cash payments

A financially settled trade requires both parties to agree the value of one or more underliers, and make one or more cash payments dependent on those values

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Virtual

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

Something that behaves like something else but is not really that thing

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Volume

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

Volume is the measure of how much of something is involved in a trade

Volume = Quantity (but the term Volume is nearly always used in preference)

Hence in energy trading volume may have dimensions of energy, mass, weight or volume

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Withdrawal

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

Term used to describe transferring natural gas from a storage facility into a transmission network

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TRANSACTIONAL FINANCE

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Accrual

by Nick Henfrey - Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 6:03 PM
 

A known future cash flow that has not been invoiced 

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APAR

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

Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable

Anything relating to these two departments, that is:

  • receiving, checking and paying invoices (Accounts Payable)
  • raising, sending and chasing payment of invoices (Accounts Receivable)

Often used to refer to invoices and invoiced cash flows

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