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title: Derivative Models for Commodity Indices
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4898611/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4898611
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4898611
featured: 2024-07-24
citations: unknown
topic: Derivatives & Volatility
---


# Derivative Models for Commodity Indices

The article contrasts two models for pricing derivative contracts on a commodity index, emphasizing the difficulties of the microscopic approach and doubting the accuracy of the macroscopic approach.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4898611
- Identifier: SSRN 4898611
- Released: 2024-07-18
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 58 (2024-07-24): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-07-24/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Derivatives & Volatility

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