import ael

 def monte_carlo(ael_entity, scenario_name, nr_of_scenarios, percentile, rfspecid,target_name=None,*rest):

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Hedge funds are unregulated investment pools, usually funded by rich individuals and pension funds. To contain risk, they often “hedge”, ie, buy shares in Sainsbury's, but bet against a fall in Tesco shares.

A derivative is a bet “derived” from the performance of shares or some other asset. Futures and spread-betting, for instance. A company can buy a contract (a future) to purchase a commodity at a given price on a certain date.

you can use the python exception mechanism to handle exceptions. A couple of simple examples describing this process are as follows.

import acm
msg = 'Zero or one stocks expected'
try:
stock = acm.FStock.Select01("contractSize=1",msg)
except RuntimeError , e:
print e

As mand stocks could have a contract size of one, the value of e is the value of msg passed to the select01() method.

import acm
a= acm.FArray()
a[0] = "FRED"
try:
print a.IntAt(0)
except TypeError , e:
print e

I am trying to book CFD trades using Front Arena.
however I am getting this error.

"System unable to insert trade ref: xxxx due to duplicate transactions..."

Can anyone help me please

Yiannis