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Free Simple Glossary of Energy Trading terms
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Accrual | ||
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A known future cash flow that has not been invoiced For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary | ||
APAR | ||
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Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Anything relating to these two departments, that is:
Often used to refer to invoices and invoiced cash flows For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary | ||
Arbitrage | ||
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The difference in cost of achieving the same outcome through different means For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary | ||
Asset | ||
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In energy trading terms an asset is something an organization owns that can physically provide, transform or move an energy commodity, such as a gas field, a power station, or a refinery For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary | ||
Auto Trade Capture | ||
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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 | ||
Balance of Month | ||
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A type of contract in which the delivery period is the remainder of the current month For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary | ||
Baseload | ||
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Term used in power (electricity) trading and operations to describe continuous delivery (24 hours a day, 365 days a year) For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary | ||
Basket | ||
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A set of indices used to price a trade For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary | ||
Bid | ||
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A Bid is a type of Order; a trader bids to buy a product or commodity at the Bid price For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary | ||
Blotter | ||
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A Blotter is a traditional term for a form on which trade details are recorded by a trader as trades are executed For much more information please refer to the Detailed Glossary | ||