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| Gamma | the rate of change of deltat with repect to the asset price |
| Give-up | (1) A trade that is directed to a floor broker by an exchange member FCM (executing firm) and, after the trade is executed, it is given to another firm to clear (clearing firm); (2) a trade in which a customer contacts a floor broker directly, and after execution of the customer's order the floor broker gives up the name of the clearing member who will clear the trade. |
| Hedge | a trade designed to reduce risk |
| Hedger | an individual who enters into hedging trades |
| Hedging | Taking a position in a futures market opposite to a position held in the cash market to minimize the risk of an adverse price change; a purchase or sale of a futures contract as a temporary substitute for a cash transaction that will occur later. |
| Incentive fee | A fee charged by a commodity trading advisor that is typically calculated each quarter as a percentage of net new trading profits in the client's account. |
| Index | A statistical measure of change in an economy or a securities market. In the case of financial markets, an index is essentially an imaginary portfolio of securities representing a particular market or a portion of it. |
| Inflation | a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency |
| Initial margin | Customers' funds put up as security to guarantee contract fulfillment at the time a futures or options position is established. |
| In-the-money | A call option with a strike price lower, or a put option with a strike price higher, than the current market price of the underlying asset or futures contract. |
| Intrinsic value | For a call option, the excess of the current market price of the asset or futures contract underlying the option over the strike price of the option; for a put option, the excess of the strike price over the current market price of the asset or futures contract underlying the option. |
| Introducing broker | Any person, other than someone registered as an associated person of a futures commission merchant, who solicits or accepts futures and related options orders but does not accept money from customers. |