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SETTLEMENT

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Netting

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

Netting is the aggregating and offsetting of multiple cash flows between counterparties to arrive at one, or a limited set of physical payments

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Settlement

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

The Business Process or Capability covering the payments relating to trading activities. It includes agreeing payments, making them, and ensuring that payments are received at the correct times

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Weighted Average Price

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

Weighted Average Price (WAP) is the average price over a series of individually priced volumes

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TRADE TYPE

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Balance of Month

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

A type of contract in which the delivery period is the remainder of the current month

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Clean Spark Spread

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

A clean spark spread is the spread between the value of power (electricity) on the one hand and the value of the gas needed to generate that power, and any associated carbon costs of generation

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Derivative

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

A type of trade or instrument which has a value dependent on an observable value, which is usually, but not always, the price of a physical commodity.

The observable value is called the underlier

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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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Futures Contract

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

A Futures Contract is an agreement to buy or sell a commodity at a fixed time in the future executed on or with an Exchange

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Linear trade

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

A trade with no optionality

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