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Aggregate notional amount of derivatives to purchase the underlying asset.

No definition available.

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Aggregate notional amount of derivatives to deliver the underlying asset.

No definition available.

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Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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Fair value of financial asset or other contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset, not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Fair value of financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset, not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.