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title: Commodity Hedging Futures Markets Speculation
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4729185/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4729185
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4729185
featured: 2024-02-21
citations: unknown
topic: Derivatives & Volatility
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# Commodity Hedging Futures Markets Speculation

A comparison of traditional and selective hedging strategies in commodity futures markets shows that traditional hedging is more beneficial as selective hedging increases risk without additional returns.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4729185
- Identifier: SSRN 4729185
- Released: 2022-12-07
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 38 (2024-02-21): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-02-21/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Derivatives & Volatility

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