A swaption with predefined limitations on exercise.The buyer of a swaption has the right to enter into an interest rate swap agreement by some specified date in the future. The swaption agreement will specify whether the buyer of the swaption will be a fixed-rate receiver or a fixed-rate payer. The writer of the swaption becomes the counterparty to the swap if the buyer … [Read more...]
Bilateral Netting: Explained
What is Bilateral Netting? Bilateral netting is a legally enforceable arrangement between a bank and a counterparty that creates a single legal obligation covering all included individual contracts.The process of consolidating swap agreements between two parties into a single agreement. This means that a bank’s obligation, in the event of the default or insolvency of one of … [Read more...]
A Way to Profit : DMI Points
The primary and the foremost objective of the trader trading in trend is to enter a trade in the direction of the trend. Reading directional signals from price alone can be difficult and is often misleading because price normally swings in both directions and changes character between periods of low versus high volatility. The directional movement indicator (also known as … [Read more...]
Trading Profit: Divergence
When the price of an asset and an indicator, index or other related asset move in opposite directions. In technical analysis, traders make transaction decisions by identifying situations of divergence, where the price of a stock and a set of relevant indicators, such as the money flow index (MFI), are moving in opposite directions. Because trends are composed of a series of … [Read more...]
What does Quadruple Witching mean?
The expiration date for four types of standardized contracts: stock options, stock index options, stock index futures, and single stock futures.In simple words,Quadruple witching refers to the third Friday of every March, June, September and December. On these days, market index futures, market index options, stock options and stock futures expire, usually resulting in … [Read more...]