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The UK Freedom of Information Act 2000.
A 'naked' position in a derivatives contract is one where the holder has no other related offsetting contract, asset or liability.
 
The only possible profit or gain is from a favourable outturn market price.
 
Naked positions are, by definition, speculative (rather than hedging).




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Act]]
* [[Arbitrage]]
* [[Freedom of Information]]
* [[Derivative]]
 
* [[Futures]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
* [[Hedging]]
* [[Option]]
* [[Outturn]]
* [[Speculation]]

Revision as of 10:05, 7 October 2015

A 'naked' position in a derivatives contract is one where the holder has no other related offsetting contract, asset or liability.

The only possible profit or gain is from a favourable outturn market price.

Naked positions are, by definition, speculative (rather than hedging).


See also