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Goldman roll

Goldman roll noun: the five-business day period (the 5th through 9th business day of the month proceeding the futures expiration month) when the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index is rolled forward (in 20% increments) into the next futures expiration month.

Noun

Goldman roll (plural Goldman rolls)

  1. (slang) The five-business day period (the 5th through 9th business day of the month proceeding the futures expiration month) when the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index is rolled forward (in 20% increments) into the next futures expiration month.
    • Cattle futures settled lower as funds transferred some of their August long positions into October cattle futures on this day three of the five days of the Goldman Roll.

Forms of Goldman roll

pluralGoldman rolls

Questions about Goldman roll

What does Goldman roll mean?
Goldman roll means the five-business day period (the 5th through 9th business day of the month proceeding the futures expiration month) when the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index is rolled forward (in 20% increments) into the next futures expiration month.
What part of speech is Goldman roll?
Goldman roll is a noun.
What is the plural of Goldman roll?
The plural of Goldman roll is Goldman rolls.

Words near Goldman roll in the dictionary

  1. goldlessness
  2. goldlike
  3. goldlip
  4. goldly
  5. Goldman
  6. Goldman roll
  7. Goldman rolls
  8. Goldman's bunchgrass lizard
  9. Goldman's bunchgrass lizards
  10. Goldman's dilemma
  11. Goldmanian

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