What is Backwardation and Contango in Futures Markets?

Podcast: Patrick Boyle · Patrick Boyle

Opublikowano: 2026-10-24

What is Backwardation and Contango in Futures Markets? These classes are all based on the book Trading and Pricing Financial Derivatives, available on Amazon at this link. https://amzn.to/2WIoAL0 Check out our website http://www.onfinance.org/ Follow Patrick on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PatrickEBoyle Contango and backwardation are terms often used within commodity circles. These terms refer to the shape of the futures curve of a commodity such as gold, silver, wheat or crude oil. A futures curve can be plotted on a chart of a particular contract...