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The difference between two indicators. For instance, a moving average oscillator would reflect the difference between two moving averages. The oscillator ranges around a single line.
Industry:Energy
Unit of measurement for a number of metals and petrochemicals, eg cts/lb, lb/year.
Industry:Energy
An option trade in which two or more open positions are established in order to trade the differentials and offset risk. Option spreads may use different strike prices and/or expiry dates.
Industry:Energy
In market terms, a rectangular plate of metal, produced by electrolytic refining, which is melted into commercial shapes such as wirebars, billets, ingots etc. Copper and nickel are commonly traded and delivered in this form.
Industry:Energy
Straight-run gasoline fractions. Used as a feedstock for reforming and as a petrochemical feedstock.
Industry:Energy
Most US solvents and some intermediates are sold on this basis.
Industry:Energy
A grade of zinc, less pure than the LME-deliverable SHG grade.
Industry:Energy
Measure of the total energy released by nuclear fuel per unit of its mass, typically measured in gigawatt days/mt or gigawatt days/mt of heavy metal.
Industry:Energy
An array or assembly of individual fuel rods containing UO2, MOX or uranium metal pellets, used in commercial reactors.
Industry:Energy
