Commodity glossary O

Attention: open in a new window. PDFPrintE-mail

Glossaries - Commodity Glossary

    OFFER

  • The price at which a dealer is willing to sell. See also ""Ask""
  • OPEN INTEREST

  • On a futures exchange the daily statistic that indicates the number of open contracts, ie, those which have not been fulfilled or closed out
  • OPEN OUTCRY

  • A style of trading conducted on a futures exchange in a ring or a pit where dealers face each other, calling out the price, contract, month and number of contracts
  • OPEN PIT

  • A mine based on extraction from a surface excavation, which remains open to the surface for the life of the mine.
  • OPEN POSITION

  • A market position which has not been closed out.
  • OPTION

  • An option is the right but not the obligation to buy and sell a pre-determined quantity of an underlying asset at a pre-determined price by or on a defined date.
  • ORE

  • Rock from which metal or minerals can be extracted at a financial profit.
  • ORE MINERA

  • L A mineral which contains a metal or metals which can be extracted at a financial profit.
  • OTC

  • Over The Counter. Transactions that are quoted and conducted between parties on a principal-to-principal basis as opposd to being traded via a broker on an exchang
  • OUT OF THE MONEY

  • Refers to options with only time value, i.e., no intrinsic value, e.g., calls where the strike price is greater than the underlying asset price; puts where the strike price is less than the underlying price.

  • OVERBOUGHT    

  • A market in which the price, under excessive buying pressure, has risen too high and too fast without genuine fundamental support to maintain the new level.
  • OVERSOLD 

  • A market which has fallen too far and too fast under excessive selling pressure and is expected to move back to a higher, more neutral level.

Tags

Forex open Market rates & comments Archive

Facebook Like Box

Jobspk | Job search portal for Employers and Jobseekers from Pakistan, Middle East, and other countries

Facebook Activity

Login Form

Forex Rates & Forex Charts

Select Years
Select Currency
Compare With
 
Forex Rates of Pakistan and charts are available from 1992 onwards

Join us

Digg Facebook Page Twitter
Real Time Web Analytics