Daily process in which financial institutions revalue specific financial assets (futures contracts and securities) at the currently available market price.
Adjustment of the book value or collateral value of a security to reflect current market value.
the current fair value of a derivative based on current market prices or to calculate the current fair value of a derivative based on current market prices, as the case may be.
For an open position, what its value would be if it were to be closed out at the current market rates.
Daily, the CME Clearing House adjusts all open positions to reflect the settlement price of the contract. Each position is credited with profit or charged with loss, and begins the next trading day at the settlement price.
With the help of the mark-to-market procedure accounts and losses from open futures positions, which are caused by price changes in the futures, are calculated on a daily basis. The changes in the value of the individual positions are established on the basis of the daily settlement prices. The settlement of these value changes is carried out with credit notes and additional payments.
To debit or credit on a continuous basis a trading account based on current market prices. All of the money balances you'll see in your XPRESSTRADE account are marked-to-the-market in real-time, so that you always know exactly where your account stands and can make informed trading decisions.
Daily cash flow system in which margin accounts are adjusted to reflect profits and losses.
Valuation of a financial instrument according to the current trading value (price) on the exchange.
Daily revaluation of net positions based on exchange rates and market developments (for the calculation of daily profits of losses on the respective position).
At the end of each trading session every contract is debited or credited based on that trading session's gains or losses. As prices move for or against a position, funds flow into and out of the trading account.
A system by which futures contracts and other markets are revalued using closing market prices to determine cash flow requirements for margin purposes.
A process which provides an indication of reasonable prices for positions on a daily basis or some other proscribed time frame. In accounting parlance, it would mean valuing securities/loans at their market values.
Is the valuation process which provides an indication of reasonable prices for positions on a daily basis or some other proscribed time frame.
The act of revaluing the securities collateral in a repo or securities lending transaction to current market values. This maybe done daily or at a suitable interval agreed upon by the parties to a transaction.
Represents valuation of securities and derivatives held for trading purposes at market rates as of the balance sheet date, where required by accounting rules.
The valuation at market rates, as at the balance sheet date, of securities and derivatives held for trading purposes.
The practice of crediting or debiting a trader's account based on the daily closing prices of the futures contracts he is long or short.
A valuation system that takes place daily. The closing prices of a futures contract or option premium is revalued at the hour of the exchange's daily closing. It is used to determine daily margin and cash settlement requirements for the exchange futures markets. In a marked-to-market system, the current daily value of all positions is established, regardless of whether the positions are settled that day or remain outstanding as of the close of business.
The daily adjustment of margin accounts to reflect profits and losses.
to mark-to-market is to calculate the value of a financial instrument (or portfolio of such instruments) at current market rates or prices of the underlying. Marking-to-market on a daily (or more frequent) basis is often recommended in risk management guidelines. see also accrual accounting, hedge accounting
The theoretical value of an open position at the current market price.
The IRS's practice of calculating gains and losses on open futures positions as of the end of the tax year. In other words, taxpayers' open futures positions are marked to the market price as of the end of the tax year and taxes are assessed as if the gains or losses had been realized.
A denominator that indicates that property is adjusted to the current market value.
The repricing of a portfolio to reflect current market valuations.
The revaluing of a security, commodity or futures contract according to its current market value.
The valuation of the portfolio with reference to the current market prices.
Daily adjustment of margin accounts to reflect profit and loss.
It is the valuation process, which provides prices for positions on a daily basis or some other proscribed time frame. Marking the portfolio held at the end of a period (a day or a settlement) to market prices.
Process of reevaluating all open positions with the current market prices. These new values then determine margin requirements.
An accounting method, available to traders but not investors, which treats holdings at the close of the year as if they were sold for fair market value on the last business day of the year; converts capital gains/losses to ordinary gains/losses, and exempts the trader from the wash sale rules. The mark-to-market election is a two-step process for existing taxpayers and often results in significant tax savings.
Process by which security position values are brought up to their current value. The customer may request the excess equity, or the firm may call for the deposit of additional funds. Either request is a "mark" to the market.
To value loans at their market price; in other words the price a buyer would pay for them.
An accounting process by which the price of securities held in account are valued each day to reflect the last sale price or market quote if the last sale is outside of the market quote. The result of this process is that the equity in an account is updated daily to properly reflect current security prices.
Process of re-evaluating open positions with current market prices. The new values then determine margin requirements.
Daily cash flow system used by U.S. futures exchanges to maintain a minimum level of margin equity for a given futures or option contract position by calculating the gain or loss in each contract position resulting from changes in the price of the futures or option contracts at the end of each trading day.
The process whereby the book value or collateral value of a security is adjusted to reflect current market value.
The comparison and adjustment of a position to reflect current market values. Mark to market is conducted on stocks that were sold short, uncovered calls and puts and when-issued securities. The adjustment may cause a margin call to be issued.
maximum price fluctuation minus tick
The daily adjustment of an account to reflect accrued profits and losses.
Adjustments made to rental income to reflect current market levels for the purpose of accurately projecting property income and property value.
The daily account adjustment of traders' positions relative to current prices to reflect the value of open positions; resulting in settlement variation debits/credits.Determined by comparing the price of an open position against the closing price of the contract, and then debiting or crediting the traders' accounts accordingly.
The process of adjusting a security's price to fair market value each period. Marking-to-market results in unrealized gains when the market price increases above historical cost, or unrealized losses when the market price falls below historical cost.