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CONTANGO - Contango is a situation where the futures price (or forward price) of a commodity is higher than the anticipated spot price at maturity of the future...
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| a situation in which the price of a commodity ( a product such as oil or a metal that is traded in large quantities) is higher if the buyer is to receive the commodity at a future date than it is if the buyer receives it immediately: |
| The normal situation in which the spot or cash price of a commodity is lower than the forward price. |
| The situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are higher than prices for immediate (or nearer) delivery. |
| The amount by which prices for future delivery are higher than prices for near delivery. |
| Fee paid by a buyer to the seller on settlement day when the buyer wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day. |
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Contango is a situation where the futures price (or forward price) of a commodity is higher than the anticipated spot price at maturity of the futures contract. In a contango situation, arbitrageurs/speculators (non-commercial investors), are "willing to pay more [now] for a commodity at some point in the future than the actual expected price of the commodity [at that future point]. This may be due to people's desire to pay a premium to have the commodity in the future rather than paying the costs of storage and carry costs of buying the commodity today." On the other side of the trade, hedgers (commodity producers and commodity holders) are happy to sell futures contracts and accept the higher-than-expected returns. A contango market is also known as a normal market, or carrying-cost market. * The opposite market condition to contango is known as backwardation. "A market is 'in backwardation' when the futures price is below the spot price for a particular commodity. This is favorable fo |