Exchange Currency

backwardation

A market condition in which a futures price is lower in the distant delivery months than in the near delivery months.

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  1. Normal backwardation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Normal backwardation, also sometimes called backwardation, is the market condition wherein the price of a forward or futures contract is trading below the ...
     
  2. Backwardation Definition | Investopedia
    A theory developed in respect to the price of a futures contract and the contract's time to expire. Backwardation says that as the contract approaches expiration, ...
     
  3. Contango Vs. Normal Backwardation
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  4. Backwardation - Financial Dictionary - The Free Dictionary
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  5. Backwardation | Finance | Khan Academy
    Backwardation and the theory of Normal Backwardation.
     
  6. So You Want To Trade Volatility: Understanding Backwardation ...
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  7. Profit From Backwardation With Corn, Crude Oil And Soybeans ...
    Sep 16, 2012 ... Backwardation and contango are as inevitable as death and taxes when it comes to commodity investing. No matter what is going on the world, ...
     
  8. Backwardation in Gold And Silver | SilverSeek.com
    May 16, 2012 ... Two successive near-month precious metals futures contracts were in backwardation at the same time. To oversimplify, backwardation is when ...