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Version date: 27 March 2020 - onwards
Version 2 of 2

MAR10 Market risk terminology (paras. 10.1-10.35) (effective as of 1 January 2023)

This chapter defines market risk, the scope and coverage of market risk capital requirements and the methods available for calculating market risk capital requirements.

Version effective as of 01 Jan 2023

Reflects revisions in the standardised and internal models approach for market risk, including the shift to an expected shortfall measure. Also reflects the revised implementation date announced on 27 March 2020.

General terminology

10.1 Market risk: the risk of losses in on- and off-balance sheet risk positions arising from movements in market prices.

10.2 Notional value: the notional value of a derivative instrument is equal to the number of units underlying the instrument multiplied by the current market value of each unit of the underlying.

10.3 Trading desk: a group of traders or trading accounts in a business line within a bank that follows defined trading strategies with the goal of generating revenues or maintaining market presence from assuming and managing risk.

10.4 Pricing model: a model that is used to determine the value of an instrument (mark-to-market or mark-to-model) as a function of pricing parameters or to determine the change in the value of an instrument as a function of risk factors. A pricing model may be the combination of several calculations; eg a first valuation technique to compute a price, followed by valuation adjustments for risks that are not incorporated in the first step.

Terminology for financial instruments