Acronyms
NYMEX
What is the New York Mercantile Exchange?
1848
When was the Chicago Board of Trade formed?
S
What are Soybean Futures?
Sizzle Index(R)
What is a measure of the current options volume vs the past 5 trading days' volume?
Initial Margin
What is the amount of equity needed to open a futures position?
CBOT
What is the Chicago Board of Trade?
1992
When did CME Globex platform begin?
CL
What are Crude Oil Futures?
Market Maker MoveTM
What is the expected magnitude of price movement based on market volatility?
OI
What is open interest?
EFP
What is Exchange for Physical?
141 W. Jackson Street
What is the address of the Chicago Board of Trade building?
F, G, H, J, K, M, N, Q, U, V, X, Z
What are futures contract month symbols?
thinkScript(R)
What is a built-in programming language that allows traders to create custom analysis tools?
Verbal and hand signals
What is Open Outcry Trading?
RFQ
What is Request for Quote?
1961
When did Frozen Pork Bellies start trading?
KC
What are Arabica Coffee Futures?
Beta-Weighting Tool
What converts the deltas of individual positions into stock- or index-equivalent deltas?
4%
What is the percentage of CBOT trades that are actually delivered?
COT
What is Commitments of Traders report?
Corn
What was the first U.S. futures contract?
DA
What are Class III Milk Futures?
Fibonacci Sequence
What is a sequence in which any given number is approximately 1.618 times the preceding number?
Terrance Duffy
Who is the Chairman of the CME Group?