Glossary

Updated 1 April 2019

This glossary offers definitions of technical terms commonly used in the BIS Quarterly Review.

The glossary is also available as a PDF file in ChineseFrench, German, Italian and Spanish. Last update in April 2019.

open interest

Total amount of exchange-traded contracts that have been entered into on a given day and not yet settled.

Updated: 19 May 2017
open interest

Total amount of exchange-traded contracts that have been entered into on a given day and not yet settled.

Updated: 19 May 2017