mark-to-market

mark-to-market
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. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary
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Adjustment of the book value or collateral value of a security to reflect current market value. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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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. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary
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The daily adjustment of an account to reflect accrued profits and losses. Exchange Handbook Glossary
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The process by which contracts are revalued daily for the calculation of variation margin. LIFFE

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mark-to-market UK US noun [U] ACCOUNTING, FINANCE
► the rule that shares, etc. should be shown in accounts at their current price rather than the price they were bought for, or another price: »

The US and Japan are the only two countries to use mark-to-market for financial instrument securities.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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