What is a derivative? (1)
What is a future? (5)
What is an underlying asset? (5)
What are the features of a long position? (6)
What are the features of a short position? (7)
What is the delivery date? (2)
What is fair value? (4)
What is the cost of carry vs cash price of underlying asset? (2)
What is basis? (2)
What is contango? (3)
What is backwardation (back)? (4)
What is contingent liability? (2)
What are the features of forwards? (6)
What are the features of CFDs? (5)
What is arbitrage? (5)
What is closing out? (4)
The buyer of the future contract has 2 options
- Hold the future to expiry and then take delivery of the underlying (if physically deliverable)
- Sell the future before the expiry (known as closing out of the position)
- Closing out is achieved by entering in to a second equal buy opposite contract in order to offset the terms and conditions of the first
- Opening sale is closed out by a closing purchase
What are roll contracts? (4)
Motivation
- Specifically linked to commodity contracts that proceed to the physical delivery of an asset on the delivery date of the contract
- Where the manager gains exposure to commodities through the use of futures, they do not want to take delivery (long) or make delivery (short). They do want to retain the exposure to the underlying commodity the contract gives. This is called rolling on the contract
- Rolling contracts involve 2 trades - one to close out the current contract that is approaching delivery and one to open a new position in a longer dated contract
- As the longer dated contract approaches delivery, it is rolled again - ad infinitude
What is a roll yield? (3)
What is a roll yield? (3)
What is basic hedging? (6)
What is beta hedging? (4)
What is an option? (1)
What is the main difference between a future and an option? (4)
What is the term for buying/selling options? (2)