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Physical market: A marketplace in which a physical commodity or product is traded, as opposed to a futures market where contracts to deliver at some future date are traded and physical delivery of the product may or may not take place.

Prompt Date: The date on which the buyer of an option will buy or sell the underlying commodity (or futures contract) if the option is exercised.

Price-earnings (P/E) ratio: The current market price of the stock divided by some measure of earnings per share.

Put Call Parity: The equilibrium relationship between premiums of call and put options of the same strike and expiry.

Put/Call Ratio: Calculated by dividing the number of put options traded by the number of call options traded for a particular asset, the put/call ratio offers Explanation into expectations of the options market.

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Quotation: The actual price or the bid or ask price of either cash commodities or futures contracts.

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Rally: An upward movement of prices following a decline; the opposite of a reaction.

Risk/Reward Ratio: The relationship between the probability of loss and profit. This ratio is often used as a basis for trade selection or comparison.