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Suppose that you are a dealer in sugar. On 26th March 2020 you hold 200,000 pounds of sugar in inventory that is worth $0.0379 per pound. The current price of a futures contract expiring 3 months later in June is $0.0450 per pound. Each futures contract is written on 100,000 pounds of sugar. You have decided to sell two June 2020 futures contract to hedge your planned sale of sugar later. Assume a zero interest rate so that you can ignore the cost of any initial margin or variation margins. The futures contract is cash settled.
Required:
Part a)
Please refer to the calculations in screenshots below:
Net proceeds = $9000
Part b)
Net proceeds = $8,680