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What are Securitised Derivatives?
A securitized derivative refers to a couple of things. First, to be securitized simply means there is a aggregation of a number of financial assets which are then convert...
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When do futures contracts expire?
Futures expire on the third friday on their respective expiration months. Since the "front month" contract is the most heavily traded (the contract closest to expiration ...
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How risky is futures trading?
margin payment is big prblem
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What are the different types of warrants?
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When do futures markets open?
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What happens to options in a reverse split?
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What are advantages of derivatives?
There are very few, if any, advantages to derivatives, and it's better that they were not employed as financial tools in any way. The risk of loss is so great, that even ...
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What happens to options in a merger?
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What happens when options expire?
Options always expire at the end of the 3rd Friday of expiration month. The vast majority of options expire worthless. Since options give you the right, but not the oblig...
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What is a futures broker?
Like any other broker, a futures broker is simply a middle man between you and another futures trader. A futures broker accepts your buy or sell order and finds someone ...
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What are the different types of swaps?
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What are the advantages of options?
If traded properly, options can provide many benefits to an investment portfolio. They can provide quick profits for those who buy them long in the same direction that th...
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What are the different types of OTC derivatives?
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What happens to options when a company goes bankrupt?
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What are the different types of equity derivatives?
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What happens to options when a company is bought?
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What are the advantages of swaps?
A credit default swap is really just insurance on an investment. The value of a credit default swap derives from the credit worthiness of the entity being invested in. Cr...
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What are Structured Credit Derivatives?
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What are the disadvantages of options?
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How risky is options trading?
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