1. The clearing corporation has a net position equal to ______.
A. the open interest
B. the open interest times two
C. the open interest divided by two
D. zero
2. Which one of the following contracts requires no cash to change hands when initiated?
A. Listed put option
B. Short futures contract
C. Forward contract
D. Listed call option
3. The time on Friday with simultaneous expirations of S&P index futures, S&P index options and options on some individual stocks is commonly called the _______.
A. mad minute
B. double-witching hour
C. happy hour
D. triple-witching hour
4. Futures contracts have many advantages over forward contracts except that _________.
A. futures positions are easier to trade
B. futures contracts are tailored to the specific needs of the investor
C. futures trading preserves the anonymity of the participants
D. counterparty credit risk is not a concern on futures
5. The open interest on silver futures at a particular time is the number of __________.
A. all outstanding silver futures contracts
B. long and short silver futures positions counted separately on a particular trading day
C. silver futures contracts traded during the day
D. silver futures contracts traded the previous day
What is comex? Where does the spot price come from? Are these different from gold and silver futures? Does the comex have to hold the physical metal or do the futures have to hold it? Can someone give an explanation of the different markets and terms? Thanks!
I have a finance background, but somewhat new to technical analysis. I would appreciate any advice on some good technical indicators that would be useful to analyze futures markets. Also, any recommendations on a user friendly technical anaysis website that would allow filtering by technical indicators would be appreciated. Thanks!
I know that in the options and equities markets there are active market makers providing
liquidity in their respective markets. Does the futures markets (oil futures, gold futures, etc)
have market makers also?
The futures would be based on the 700 million bbls in our strategic reserve
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