Hedging definition

Hedging means acting to protect against economic loss due to price fluctuation of a commodity or related investment by entering
Hedging means acting to protect against economic loss due to price fluctuation of a commodity or related investment by entering into an offsetting position or using a financial agreement or producer price agreement in a correlated security, index, or other commodity.
Hedging means the entering into of a transaction, or a series of transactions, and the maintaining of the position or positions resulting from the transaction or series of transactions

Examples of Hedging in a sentence

  • On January 1, 2001, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." SFAS No. 133, as amended and interpreted, establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities.

  • As required by SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," certain embedded derivatives have been bifurcated from their host contracts and are recorded at fair value in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

  • Effective January 1, 2001, we account for our derivatives at fair value on the balance sheet in accordance with SFAS No. 133 "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." The application of SFAS No. 133 is complex, as evidenced by amendments and significant interpretations to the original standard, which continue to evolve.


More Definitions of Hedging

Hedging is permitted in the Account if you are a platform client – that is to say that you may carry in the Account both ‘long’ and ‘short’ positions on the same security/instrument. Protecting your trading platform(s) login credentials: As a part of our security and confidentiality procedures we would like to reiterate the following guidelines: • Your user ID and Password is unique and confidential, communicated only to you via the email you have registered with us at the time of opening your account. • You should not disclose this secure log in information to any other person and must take all possible care to prevent the discovery of your password by any third party. • You will be fully liable for all transactions made in your account; with or without your knowledge using your online credentials. • In case of loss or theft of the password or any other log in information, you must notify HYCM immediately. • Failing to comply with timely notification or late reporting of the theft or loss of log in information shall result in you being accountable for all transactions executed from your account. • You are strongly advised to change your password periodically and not to use predictable passwords such as your name or birthdays. Terms applicable to Stop and Limit Orders The following terms apply to all Stop and Limit Orders: We may in our absolute discretion accept an instruction (a “Stop or Limit Order”) from you to open or close any Transaction when our quote in respect of the relevant instrument reaches or goes beyond a level specified by you. You may specify that your instruction is to apply for a limited duration or for an indefinite period (a “Good Till Cancelled” or “GTC” Order). If we accept a Stop or Limit Order then, when the level of our current quote reaches or goes beyond the level of your Stop or Limit Order, your order will be executed automatically at the level of your Stop or Limit Order subject to the following: You acknowledge that where the underlying market is moving rapidly our quote may have gone beyond the level of your Stop or Limit Order by the time your order is executed and in particular you acknowledge that if the relevant underlying market opens with a gap from the previous closing price such that our quote has moved beyond your Stop or Limit Order price your order will be filled at HYCM’s quoted price derived from the market opening price or the earliest price reasonably available. You may with our prior consent (and we will not unreas...
Hedging means acting to protect against economic loss
Hedging means the buying and selling of fuel oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear fuel, and electric energy futures or options or similar contracts on those commodities and related transportation costs as a protection against loss due to price fluctuation.
Hedging means the fixing of a price for output of a mine before delivery by means of a forward sale or a futures contract on a recognized commodity exchange, or the purchase or sale forward of a foreign currency related directly to the proceeds of the output of a mine, but does not include speculative currency hedging except to the extent that the hedging transaction determines the final price and proceeds for the output.
Hedging means acting to protect against economic
Hedging means making an investment, to be specified further by a Contracting Body before awarding a Call Off Agreement, to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in fuel in the form of a futures contract between the Contracting Body and the Supplier that allows the Contracting Body to purchase fuel at a fixed rate in the future;