asset classmeans a reference to the following classes of financial instruments: bonds, structured finance products, securitised derivatives, interest rate derivatives, equity derivatives, commodity derivatives, foreign exchange derivatives, credit derivatives, C10 derivatives, CFDs, emission allowances and emission allowance derivatives.
Average daily notional amount (ADNA)means the total notional amount for a particular financial instrument determined according to the volume measure set out in Table 4 of Annex II and executed in the period set out in Article 13(7), divided by the number of trading days in that period or, where applicable, that part of the year during which the financial instrument was admitted to trading or traded on a trading venue and was not suspended from trading.
Average daily number of tradesmeans the total number of transactions executed for a particular financial instrument in the period set out in Article 13(7), divided by the number of trading days in that period or, where applicable, that part of the year during which the financial instrument was admitted to trading or traded on a trading venue and was not suspended from trading.
Forward agreementmeans a private agreement between two parties to buy or sell a commodity or financial instrument at a designated future date at a price agreed upon at the initiation of the contract by the buyer and seller.
Forward on a swapmeans a forward contract that gives the owner the obligation, to enter a swap at or up to a certain future date.
Futuremeans a contract to buy or sell a commodity or financial instrument at a designated future date at a price agreed upon at the initiation of the contract by the buyer and seller.
Future on a swapmeans a future contract that gives the owner the obligation, to enter a swap at or up to a certain future date.
Optionmeans a contract that gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or sell (put) a specific financial instrument or commodity at a predetermined price, strike or exercise price, at or up to a certain future date or exercise date.
Option on a swapmeans a contract that gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to enter a swap at or up to a certain future date or exercise date.
periodic auction trading systemmeans a trading system that matches orders on the basis of a periodic auction and a trading algorithm operated without human intervention.
Portfolio Swapmeans a contract by which end-users can trade multiple swaps.
sub-asset classmeans a reference to an asset class segmented to a more granular level on the basis of the contract type and/or the type of underlying.
sub-classmeans a reference to a sub-asset class segmented to a more granular level on basis of further qualitative segmentation criteria as set out in Tables 2.2 to 13.3 of this Annex.
Swapmeans a contract in which two parties agree to exchange cash flows in one financial instrument for those of another financial instrument at a certain future date.