You plan to buy 195 head of feeder cattle or about 150,000 pounds. How many CME Feeder Cattle futures contracts would you buy to hedge the purchase? O3 contracts 04 contracts Os contracts O6 contracts 7 contracts

You plan to buy 195 head of feeder cattle or about 150,000 pounds. How many CME Feeder Cattle futures contracts would you buy to hedge the purchase? O3 contracts 04 contracts Os contracts O6 contracts 7 contracts

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A farm that produces corn is looking to hedge their exposure to price fluctuations in the future. It is now May 15th and they expect their crop to be ready for harvest September 30th. You have gathered the following information: Bushels of corn they expect to produce 44,000 May 15th price per bushel $3.08 Sept 30 futures contract per bushel $3.22 Actual market price Sept 30 $3.37 Required (round to the nearest dollar): Calculate the gain or loss on the futures contract and net proceeds on the sale of the corn. Net gain or loss on future $Answer Sell the corn $Answer Net $Answer
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Ay 3. Please solve ASAP showing formulas/explanation. Will upvote once done but need help fast. Thank you in advance! 1- Suppose U.S. Airway wants to buy 1,000 barrels of jet fuel in 3 months. Today it enters one 6-month heating oil futures contract on NYMEX to hedge its position. The jet fuel spot price today is $29/barrel. The today's heating oil futures price is $19/barrel. Assume that 3 months later, the spot prices for jet fuel and heating oil are $35/barrel and $27/barrel respectively and the 3-month futures price for heating oil is $29. What is the basis 3 months from now when U.S. Air purchases the jet fuel?
You buy 6 call options with a contract size of AUD 30,000. They have a USD/AUD strike price of 0.57 and a premium of 7.86 (USD/AUD). You hold these options for 1 month and then sell them for 6.8 (USD/AUD). The brokerage fee on each contract is payable on both entry and exit and is USD 12.21. What is the net profit on this transaction in USD? O a. -190,946.52 Ob. -31,824.42 Oc. -190,800.00 O d. -190,873.26 Oe. -55,800.00 You buy 6 call options with a contract size of AUD 30,000. They have a USD/AUD strike price of 0.57 and a premium of 7.86 (USD/AUD). You hold these options for 1 month and then sell them for 6.8 (USD/AUD). The brokerage fee on each contract is payable on both entry and exit and is USD 12.21. What is the net profit on this transaction in USD? O a -190,946.52 Ob 31,824.42 O-190,800.00 Od 190,873.26 -55.800.00
A farmer sells one corn futures contract at a price of $5.84 per bushel. The spot price of corn drops to $4.65 when the contract expires and the farmer delivers her corn. If the farmer harvested 24,000 bushels of corn and had futures contracts on 20,000 bushels of corn, what is the farmer's net proceeds when corn is sold?
The answers should be found on the following website; cmegroup . Find the recent quotes for soybean futures. What is the longest maturity for this contract? Is there more trading in the nearer or more distant contracts? Does it cost more to buy soybeans for delivery in the next few months or for later delivery? ( give deeply step wise explaination with type the answer.)
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You purchased four September corn futures contracts at what turned out to be the lowest price of the day and sold those contracts at today's close. What is your total profit or loss on this investment? Contract Sep, Corn, 5,000 bu, cents/bu Sep, Wheat, 5,000 bu, cents/bu Multiple Choice -$2,875 $1,100 $14,250 -$287.50 Open High Low Close 615.50 618.25 608.00 613.50 814.00 820.00 808.50 811.00 X
Assume that the price of December 2021 corn futures is $4.65/bushel in February and $4.50 in October. If spot cash price in October is $4.55, what is the farmer's total revenue? Assume he entered into 20 contracts. Each corn contract is 5000 bushels.

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