Finspread Trading Platform

Features on the Finspread trading platform:-

Real time prices on thousands of instruments worldwide.

Instant execution with firm prices up to Our Size. For each spread betting market that we trade, Our Size is the maximum size in which they are prepared to deal at our quoted prices, offering price and execution certainty for trades up to this size.

24 hour trading from 21:30 Sunday to 21:15 Friday (UK time).

Choice of order types to manage your risk – limits, stop losses, guaranteed stop losses, contingent orders, and closing orders.

Auto roll-over on rolling bets - all you need to do is maintain adequate funds in your account

Advanced trade closure – close trades in the same contract in any order, regardless of when they were opened.

Position amalgamation – view trades in the same contract individually or as one complete position.

Interactive charting accessible alongside deal and order tickets within the trading platform

Derivatives J - S

KKR
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
LEAPS
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities
Limit Order
Order from a customer to a broker specifying a price; only if the if the market reaches or betters the price can the order be executed.
Liquidation
Transaction offsetting or closing out a long or short futures or options position.
Long Hedge
Purchase of a futures contract in anticipation of an actual purchase in the cash market.
Long Position
An investor holds more contracts than he has sold.
LTCM
Long Term Capital Management
Margin Requirement for Options
Amount an uncovered (naked) option writer is required to deposit and maintain to cover a position. Calculated
Market Order
Order for immediate execution given to a broker to buy or sell at the best obtainable price.
Mark-To-Market
Daily adjustment of margin accounts to reflect profit and loss.
Minimum Price Fluctuation
Smallest increment of price movement possible in trading a given contract. It is also referred to as "lead month".
MTF
Multilateral Trading Facility
Nasdaq OMX Europe
Pan Euopean Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) backed by Nasdaq OMX
Nearby
Nearest active trading month of a futures or options on futures contract.
Offer
Price at which an investor is willing to sell a futures or options contract. Offset buying if one has sold, or selling if one has bought, a futures or options on futures contract.
PEX
Small multilateral trading platform for the Portugese market.
Prime Broker
Institution, usually an investment bank that offering a variety of services to hedge funds or other institutions.
Prime Brokerage
Bundle of services offered by an investment bank to large institutional clients or hedge funds. It is possible for a firm to have more than one prime broker. The firm is not obligated to put all of its business through the prime broker. The variety of services include, but is not limited to execution of trades, settlement, financing and custody.
Private Equity Intelligence
Research group specialising in the private equity arena.
Quantifi
provider of analytics and risk management solutions for the global credit markets.
REITS
Real-Estate Investment Trusts
Repo
The practice of loaning out shares in return for cash.
Risk Assessment
One of five components of internal control according to the COSO Internal Control Framework
Risks faced by the company have to be recognized. Objectives have to be set, integrated into the value-chain. To achieve the objectives, risks have to be identified, analyzed and develop methods to manage them.
SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOX
Shorthand for Sarbanes-Oxley.
Structured Notes
Derivatives-linked bonds designed to deliver high returns over a fixed period.
Synthetic Collateralised Debt Obligations
Repackaged portfolios of credit derivatives.