Open Interest Includes

question 31

Multiple Choice

Open interest includes

• A) only contracts with a specified delivery date.
• B) the sum of short and long positions.
• C) the sum of short, long, and clearinghouse positions.
• D) the sum of long or short positions and clearinghouse positions.
• E) only long or short positions but not both.

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Definitions:

Business Segment

A distinct part of a company that can be identified by the products or services it provides or by the geographic markets it operates in, often reported separately in financial statements.

Segment Analysis

The practice of analyzing different business segments or units within a company to assess their performance or profitability.

Purchases Journal

A record keeping document where a business records all purchases of merchandise for resale.

Subsidiary Ledger

A detailed ledger containing the details of transactions for a specific account, supplementing the general ledger by providing individual entries.