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| EFP | An exchange of futures for physicals, which is a transaction in which one party buys the physical commodity and simultaneously sells futures and the other party does the opposite-sells the physical commodity and simultaneously obtains a long futures position. |
| Equity | The residual dollar value of a futures or options account if it were liquidated at current prices. |
| Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) | |
| Exercise | To take advantage of the right conferred on an option's buyer to buy or sell the item underlying the option at the option's strike (exercise) price. |
| Exercise price | The price at which the buyer of a call can purchase the underlying commodity, security, index, currency or futures contract during the life of the option or the price at which the buyer of a put can sell the underlying commodity, security, index, currency or futures contract during the life of the option. Also termed strike price. |
| Expiration | a coming to an end of a contract period |
| Expire | to come to an end; terminate, as a contract, guarantee, or offer |