A commodity hedge must match a physical quantity, delivery location and date. Storage and the value of available inventory also affect its price. This lesson explains those inputs, reads a forward curve and calculates a producer’s hedge. It builds on futures payoffs and keeps the hedge’s margin funding separate from its final result.
In this lesson
- Learning objectives
- Physical markets and carrying value
- Basis and delivery risk
- The producer hedge offsets a price fall
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