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futures.Futures Hedging & Risk Management.
Learn how producers, consumers, and portfolio managers use futures to hedge price risk. Understand basis, cost of carry, and the tradeoffs of hedging.
Intermediate 85 min 11 steps
Who this is for
Traders and portfolio managers who want to use futures for hedging real-world price exposure and managing portfolio risk.
01
lesson
Margin & Leverage
02
lesson
Mark-to-Market & Daily Settlement
03
lesson
Futures vs. Forwards
04
lesson
Delivery & Cash Settlement
05
lesson
Futures Pricing & Cost of Carry
06
lesson
Contango & Backwardation
07
lesson
Basis & Basis Risk
08
lesson
Hedging with Futures
09
strategy
Hedging Long Positions
10
strategy
Hedging Short Positions
11
strategy
Calendar Spreads