My contract: fixed basis over July contract. No adding positive and negative basis to net positive. Only positive!!!
How I see it as being even better:
Fixed basis, add the usual negative commodity canola basis plus the carry in the market between nearby and July.
$500 futures. Let's say the fixed basis is positive $50. A regular basis is usually a negative value, say $30. And lets give the market $10 in carry.
Early(Oct to Dec) commodity canola pricing:
$500 - $30 = $470
Late(July) specialty canola pricing:
$510 + $50 = $560
A difference of $70.
I kinda see the negative basis in commodity canola as a gain in specialty canola pricing because it isn't deducted off specialty pricing( debatable theory) And carry is a given fact.....until there is very little or an inverse which we are seeing now.
Clear as mud?
How I see it as being even better:
Fixed basis, add the usual negative commodity canola basis plus the carry in the market between nearby and July.
$500 futures. Let's say the fixed basis is positive $50. A regular basis is usually a negative value, say $30. And lets give the market $10 in carry.
Early(Oct to Dec) commodity canola pricing:
$500 - $30 = $470
Late(July) specialty canola pricing:
$510 + $50 = $560
A difference of $70.
I kinda see the negative basis in commodity canola as a gain in specialty canola pricing because it isn't deducted off specialty pricing( debatable theory) And carry is a given fact.....until there is very little or an inverse which we are seeing now.
Clear as mud?
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