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In the “good old days” of the 1992 ISDA, you valued Terminated Transactions according to Market Quotation or Loss and those un-intuitive and — well,in the case of the first, flat-out nutso — “First” and “Second” Methods. There is a “Settlement Amount” concept under the 1992 ISDA, but it only really relates to Market Quotation.

Note the prominent requirement to achieve a “reasonable” (1992 ISDA) or “commercially reasonable” (2002 ISDA) result. On what that latter lovely expression means see Barclays v Unicredit. Spoiler: it’s basically good for brokers, as long as they aren’t being total dicks.

On the difference between an “Early Termination Amount” and a “Close-out Amount”

Regrettably, the 1992 ISDA features neither an {{{{{1}}}|Early Termination Amount}} nor a {{{{{1}}}|Close-out Amount}}. The 2002 ISDA has both, which looks like rather an indulgence until you realise that they do different things.

A {{{{{1}}}|Close-out Amount}} is the termination value for a single {{{{{1}}}|Transaction}}, or a related group of {{{{{1}}}|Transaction}}s that a {{{{{1}}}|Non-Defaulting Party}} or {{{{{1}}}|Non-Affected Party}} calculates while closing out an 2002 ISDA, but it is not the final, overall sum due under the ISDA Master Agreement itself. Each of the determined {{{{{1}}}|Transaction}} {{{{{1}}}|Close-out Amount}}s summed with the various {{{{{1}}}|Unpaid Amount}}s to arrive at the {{{{{1}}}|Early Termination Amount}}, which is the total net sum due under the ISDA Master Agreement after the close-out process. (See Section {{{{{1}}}|6(e)(i)}} for more on that).