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What is portfolio margining and what do the recent PM changes mean for you?

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In today's market, most binary contracts fall into the category of event derivatives. While these binary event derivatives are intriguing, their unique nature and illiquid markets have prevented them from achieving broad acceptance.

Although most event derivatives products these days are called event futures, that name is very misleading. Since the term futures conjures up notions of unlimited risk in the minds of many investors, most purveyors of event derivatives have decided to limit the risk of their products by making them binary derivatives.

In today's market, most binary contracts fall into the category of event derivatives. While these binary event derivatives are intriguing, their unique nature and illiquid markets have prevented them from achieving broad acceptance.

Binary derivatives are all the rage these days. But what are these products and why should you be interested in them?