Definitions
In plain terms
It can represent a held state, but it can also create stale prices or cross session boundaries if used carelessly.
Technical
The method requires ordering, grouping key, causal cutoff, maximum age, boundary and reset rules, source validity, and an imputation flag.
Scope
It is not a universal rule for missing market observations and must not cross undeclared boundaries.
Examples
- A governed dataset records forward fill explicitly and preserves the source context needed to interpret it.
Common misconceptions
- Forward Fill does not have one universal meaning or policy without its declared source, scope, and data contract.
Concept relationships
Broader concepts
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Where this concept is used
Evidence and governance
- Fintech Builder Glossary Definition Contract The Fintech Builder · internal governed contract
Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition
Limits: Defines governed platform behavior rather than claiming these policies are universally prescribed by external McClellan methodology.
- Reviewed by
- fintech-builder-owner-approved
- Last reviewed
- 2026-07-26
- Next review
- 2027-07-26
- Record status
- published