Economic Terms

The National Futures Association (NFA) plays a vital role in maintaining transparency, integrity, and investor protection within the U.S. derivatives markets. As a self-regulatory organization authorized by the Commodity Futures Trading…
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Monthly Statements: A statement sent to a customer at the end of a statement period. You can now benefit from LDN company's services through the LDN Global Markets trading platform.
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Margin Call: A request sent out by a firm to a customer when the margin in the account falls below the required maintenance margin level. The call requires that the customer restore the margin in the account back to the initial margin…
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Margin: A good faith deposit or performance bond whereby the customer deposits the required cash to indicate his willingness and ability to perform on the contract. You can now benefit from LDN company's services through the LDN Global…
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Maintenance Margin: The level to which the initial margin may decrease without the customer being called for additional margin. You can now benefit from LDN company's services through the LDN Global Markets trading platform.
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Lot: Unit of trading in commodities; one contract of the commodity. You can now benefit from LDN company's services through the LDN Global Markets trading platform.
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Long Position: The purchase of a contract with the intention of selling at a future date. You can now benefit from LDN company's services through the LDN Global Markets trading platform.
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Liquid Market: An actively traded market; a market that has a large number of active buyers and sellers. You can now benefit from LDN company's services through the LDN Global Markets trading platform.
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Limit Order: An order to buy or sell at a specified price or better. Also called a resting order. You can now benefit from LDN company's services through the LDN Global Markets trading platform.
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Leverage: Using a range of financial instruments to increase the return of an investment. You can now benefit from LDN company's services through the LDN Global Markets trading platform.
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