Are you interested in trading? Do you happen to know what a hedge fund is or even the difference between long hedging short hedging? If your answer to this question is no, this article provided by Agiboo will assist in your journey to better investing. By weight risk , market price, premiums and time, the information laid out here will be able to help you figure out what tools are going to be right for your money.
Key Takeaways:
- Hedging price risks could be done with options with the right but not the obligation to set a fixed price at which to buy or sell a futures contract.
- The intrinsic value of a premium is the difference between the strike price and the market price of the underlying asset.
- The long and short positions are two positions offered to hedgers with options and this makes it similar to hedging with futures.
“Unlike using futures to hedge, hedging with options offers more possibilities for the holders of an option. They may lose their investment in the option when the price moves against them, but when the price moves in their favor they can let the option expire and take advantage of the favorable market price.”
Read more: http://www.agiboo.com/commodity-knowledge-center/commodity-trade-risk-management/hedging-options/
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