Research area
Curves & carry
Read delivery-month prices, separate carrying costs from curve shape and retain the contract convention.
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Read a futures curve as a dated cross-section
Compare delivery months, quote units and observation times before interpreting a curve’s shape.
Build a carrying-cost comparison with explicit units
Separate financing, storage and insurance in a simple physical-carry diagnostic.
Separate a futures roll from the return earned through time
Trace contract replacement, subsequent price changes and collateral without treating a spread as immediate profit or loss.
Handle zero and negative commodity prices without broken ratios
Use absolute differences and explicit domains when prices cross zero.