The efham Dictionary
AA - against actuals
AAPP - average all pig price (UK)
ABB - Association des Banques Belges (see also BBA, BVB)
ABI - Association of Italian Bankers
AE - account executive
AFBD - Association of Futures Brokers and Dealers (UK)
AFFM - Austrlian Financial Futures Market
AFOF - authorised futures and options funds (UK)
AIBD - Association of International Bond Dealers (now called International Securities Market Association)
AON - all or none
AMEX - American Stock Exchange
AOM - Australian Options Market
APT - automated pit trading system (LIFFE)
AP - associated person
ASTM - American Society for Testing Materials
ASX - Australian Stock Exchange
ASXD - Australian Stock Exchange Derivatives
ATA - Agrarische Termijnmarkt Amsterdam (Netherlands)
ATM - at-the-money (options)
ATS - automated trade system (New Zealand, NZFOE)
ATX - Austrian Traded Index
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B
BBA - British Bankers Association
BBA - Belgian Bankers' Association (see also BVB, ABB)
BBAISR - British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate
BBF - Bolsa Brasileira de Futuros
BCC - Banque Centrale de Compensation (France, contracts clearer for MATIF)
Bel-20 - stock index (Belgium, Brussels Stock Exchange)
Belfox - Belgian Futures abd Options Exchange
BFE - Baltic Futures Exchange (UK)
BFI - Baltic Freight Index
BIS - Bank for International Settlements
BM&F - Bolsade Mercadorias and Futuros Exchange
Bobl - bundesobligation (Germany, govt 5 yr bond)
BOJ - Bank of Japan
BOVESPA - Bolsas de Valores de Sao Paulo
BSI - British Standards Institute
BTAN - Bons du Trésor à Intéret Annuel Normalisé (French government treasury notes)
BUBOR - Budapest Interbank Offered Rate BTP - buoni del Tesoro Poliennali (Italian treasury bonds)
BVB - Belgische Vereniging van Banken (see also BBA, ABB)
BVRJ - Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro
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C
CAC-40 - Compagnie des Agents de Change-40 (French stock index)
CAD - Capital Adequacy Directive CBOE - Chicago Board Options Exchange (US)
CBOT - Chicago Board of Trade (US)
CCC - Commodity Credit Corporation (US)
CCIFP - Chambre de Compensation des Instruments Financiers de Paris (France, clearing house for MATIF)
CD - certificate of deposit
CDI - Certificado de Depsito Interbancrio (Brazil) CDR - collateralized depository receipt
CEA - Commodity Exchange Authority (US, replaced by CFTC in 1975)
Cedel - Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs mobiles(euromarket clearing system in Luxembourg)
C&F - cost and freight
CFTC - Commodities Futures Trading Commission (US)
CFO - cancel former order
CHAPS - Clearing House Automated Payment System (UK bankers clearing house)
CHIPS - Clearing House Interbank Payments Systems (US system of electronic bank transfers)
CIBOR - Copenhagen interbank offered rate (Denmark)
CIF - cost, insurance and freight
CME - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (US)
CMO - collateralized mortgage obligation (US)
COMEX - Commodity Exchange (US)
CORES - computer assisted order routing and execution system (Japan, TSE)
CPI - consumer price index
CPO - commodity pool operator (US)
CPS - clearing processing system (UK, LIFFE)
CRB - Commodity Research Bureau (US)
CSCE - Coffe, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange (US)
CTA - commodity trading adviser (US)
ctd - cheapest to deliver
CTR - computerized trading reconstruction system (US, CBOT)
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D
DA - discretionary account
DAX - deutsche Aktienindex - (German stock index)
Dibid - Dublin interbank bid rate
DIE - designated investment exchange (UK)
DMI - direct member input (UK, LIFFE)
DSR - delivery status report
DTB - Deutsche Terminborse (Germany, derivatives exchange in Frankfurt)
DTI - Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
DVP - delivery versus payment
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E
ECHO - Exchange Clearing House (for foreign exchange derivatives)
EDS - enter day stop order
EDSP - exchange delivery settlement price
EEP - exports enhancement programme (US)
EFP - exchange for physicals
EFS - exchange of futures for swaps
EOE - European Options Exchange (Netherlands, derivatives exchange in Amsterdam)
EOS - enter stop order
ERA - exchange rate agreement
ETO - exchange traded option
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F
FAS - free alongside ship
FAST - fast automated screen trading (UK, LCE)
FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany, newspaper and stock index)
FCOJ - frozen concentrated orange juice
FIBOR - Frankfurt interbank offered rate
FIEX-35 - stock index (Spain)
FIMBRA - Financial Intermediaries Managers and Brokers Authority (UK)
FINEX - a division of the New York Cotton Exchange (US)
f.o.b. - free on board
FOFs - futures and options funds
FOK - fill or kill order
FOM - Finnish Options Market
f.o.r. - free on rail
FOX - London Futures and Options Exchange (UK, now re-named London Commodity Exchange)
FRA - forward rate agreement
FRN - floating rate note
FSA - financial services act (UK)
FSA - forward spread agreement
FTA - Financiele Termijnmarket Amsterdam (Netherlands, derivatives exchange in Amsterdam)
FTSE-100 - Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 stock index (UK)
FUTOP - Copenhagen Stock Exchange and Guaranteed Fund for Danish options and Futures (Denmark)
FX - foreign exchange
FXA - foreign exchange agreement
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G
G-10 - ten leading world industrial nations
GD - good for the day order
GEMM- gilt-edged market maker (UK)
GEMx - German Equity Market index (contract traded on OMLX)
GFOF - geared futures and options fund
GLOBEX - Global Electronic Exchange (developed by CME, CBOT, MATIF and Reuters)
GNMA - Government National Mortgage Association (US)
GNP - gross national product
GTC - good till cancelled order
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H
HFO - heavy fuel oil
Hibid - Hong Kong interbank bid rate
Hibor - Hong Kong interbank offered rate
HKFE - Hong Kong Futures Exchange
HSI - Hang Seng Index (Hong Kong)
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I
IBEX-35 - stock index (Spain)
ICC - Intermarket Clearing Corporation
ICCH - International Commodities Clearing House
IDB - intermediary dealer broker
Idem - Italian Derivatives Market
IFOX - Irish Futures and Options Exchange
IMI - International Market Index (US, AMEX)
IML - Institut Montaire Lunxembourgeois IMM - International Monetary Market (US, CME)
IMRO - Investment Managers' Regulatory Authority (UK)
INS - institutional net settlements
IOC - immediate or cancel order
IOM - Index and Options Market (US, CME)
IPE - International Petroleum Exchange (UK)
IRG - interest rate guarantee
ISDA - International Swaps and Derivatives Association
ISE - International Stock Exchange (UK, formerly the London Stock Exchange))
ISEQ - Irish Stock Exchange equity index
ISMA - International Securities Market Association
ITM - in the money (options)
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J
JEC - Joint Exchanges Committee - (UK)
JGB - Japanese Government Bond
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K
Kanex - Kansai Agricultural Commodities Exchange
KCBT - Kansas City Board of Trade (US)
KLCE - Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (Malaysia)
KLOFFE - Kuala Lumpur Options & Financial Futures Exchange (Malaysia)
KRE - Kobe Rubber Exchange
KSE - Korea Stock Exchange
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L
LAUTRO - Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Authority (UK)
LCE - London Commodity Exchange (UK)
LCH - London Clearing House (UK)
LDB - liquidity data bank (US, CBOT)
LEAPS - long term rquity anticipation sevurities (US)
LEPO - low exercise price options (Switzerland, SOFFEX)
Libid - London interbank bid or deposit rate (UK)
Libor - London interbank offered rate (UK)
LIFFE - London Interntional Financial Futures and Options Exchange (UK)
LME - London Metal Exchange (UK)
LOCH - London Options Clearing House
LPG - liquid petroleum gas
LSE - London Stock Exchange
LTOM - London Traded Options Market (UK, now part of LIFFE)
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M
MAS - Monetary Authority of Singapore
MATIF - Marché à Terme International de France
MBS - mortgage backed security
ME - Montreal Exchange
MEFF Renta Fija - derivatives exchange in Barcelona, Spain
MEFF Renta Variable - derivatives exchange in Madrid, Spain
MERFOX - Mercadode Futuros y Opciones (Argentina, derivatives exchange in Buenos Aires)
MGE - Minneapolis Grain Exchange
MGMI - Metallgezellschaft Metals Index (UK, Fox)
Mibid - Madrid interbank bid rate
Mibor - Madrid interbank offered rate
MIB 30 - Milano Indice Borsa (Italian Stock Index) MidAm - MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (US, Chicago)
MIF - Mercato Italiano Futures (Italy, derivatives exchange)
MIFE - Manila International Futures Exchange (Philipines)
MIT - market if touched order
MKT - market order
MLC - Meat and Livestock Commission (UK)
MMI - Major Market Index (US, contract on CBOT, Amex, EOE)
MOC - market on close order
MOF - Ministry of Finance (Japan)
Mofex - Mercado de Opciones (Spain)
MQP - mandatory quote period
MSCI - Morgan Stanley Capital Index
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N
NASD - National Assocaiation of Securities Dealers (US)
NASDAQ - National Assocation of Securities Dealers Automated Quote System (US)
NFA - National Futures Association (US)
NOB - notes over bonds (US, CBOT)
NSE - Nagoya Stock Exchange (Japan)
NYBID - New York interbank bid rate (US)
NYBOR - New York interbank offered rate (US)
NYCE - New York Cotton Exchange (US)
NYFE - New York Futures Exchange (US)
NYMEX - New York Mercantile Exchange (US)
NYSE - New York Stock Exchange (US)
NZFOE - New Zealand Futures and Options Exchange
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O
OAT - obligations assumilables de trésor (France, government bonds)
OBO - order book official (US)
OBX - Oslo Stock Exchange (Norway)
OCC - Options Clearing Corporation (US)
OCO - one cancels the other order
OFT - Office of Fair Trading (UK)
OGE - Osaka Grain Exchange (Japan)
OIE - Overseas Investment Exchange
OIP - offical index period
OM - OM Stockholm Fondkommission (Sweden, options market)
OML - (former name of OMLX)
OMLX - The London Securities and Derivatives Exchange
OMS - margin system on OMLX
OMX - Option Market Index (Sweden, equity index)
OPEC - Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSE - Osaka Securities Exchange (Japan)
OTC - over the counter
OTM - out of the money (options)
OTOB - Oesterreichische Termin und Optionborse (Austria, derivatives exchange in Vienna)
OTT - over the top (warrant)
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P
P&S - purchase and sale (statement from broker)
PBOT - Phildelphia Board of Trade (US)
PHLX - Philiadelphia Stock Exchange
PIBOR - Paris interbank offered rate
PLO - public limit order (UK, LTOM)
PLOB - public limit oder board (UK, LTOM)
PMB - Potato Marketing Board (UK)
POM - public order member
PPS - protecte payments system
PPI - producer price index
PRS - price reporting system
PSE - Pacific Stock Exchange (US, LA and San Francisco)
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Q
R
RAES - retail automated execution system (US, CBOT)
RCH - recognised clearing house (UK)
RCR - registered commodity representative (US)
RFC - registered floor clerk
RFT - registered floor trader
RIE - recognised investment exchange (UK)
RLO - retsricted life option ((UK, LIFFE)
ROT - registered options trader
RPB - recognised professional body
RPI - retail price index
RSI relative strength indicator (technical analysis)
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S
SAEF - Stock Exchange Automated Execution Facility (UK, LSE)
SAFE - simulation analysis of financial exposure (US, CBOT)
SAFE - synthetic agreement for forward exchange
SAFEX - South African Futures Exchange
SCMS - Société de Compensation des Marchés Conditionnels (France, operator of MONEP)
SDA - Stanza di Compensazione Titoli (Italy, settlement agency)
SDR - special drawing rights
SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India
SEAQ - Stock Exchange Automated Quotation System (UK, LSE)
SEHK - Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
SEPON - Stock Exchange Pool Nominees (UK, part TALISMAN settlement system)
SES - Singapore Stock Exchange
SET - Securities Exchange of Thailand
SFA - Securities and Futures Authority (UK)
SFE - Sydney Futures Exchange
SIB - Securities and Investments Board (UK)
SIMEX - Singapore International Monetary Exchange
SMR - standard Malaysian rubber
SOFFEX - Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange
S&P100,500 - stock indices (US)
SPAN - standard portfolio analysis of margin
SQQ - standard qulaity quotation (UK)
SRO - Self Regulatory Organisation
STI - Straits Times Index (Singapore, stock index)
SWIFT - (system of electronic bank transfers)
SWINGS - sterling warrants into gilt-edged securities
SYCOM - Sydney computerised overnight market
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T
TALISMAN - transfer account lodgement for investors, stock management for market-makers (UK, equities settlement system)
TAURUS - (UK, share registration system cancelled in 1993)
TED - (TED spread) US T-bond / eurodollar spread strategy
TGE - Tokyo Grain Exchange (Japan)
TIBOR - Tokyo interbank offered rate (Japan)
TIFFE - Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange (Japan)
TIMS - theoretical indicatve margin system (US)
TOCOM - Tokyo Commodity Exchange (Japan)
TOPIC - teletex output of price informationby computer (UK, videotext stock price network)
TRS - trade registration system (UK, LIFFE)
TSE - Tokyo Stock Exchange
TSE - Toronto Stock Exchange
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U
USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
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V
VIBOR - Vienna interbank offered rate
VSE - Vancouver Stock Exchange (Canada)
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W
WCE - Winnipeg Commodity Exchange
WI - when issued
WTI - west Texas crude (oil)
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