What happens is that oil futures contracts in contango are more expensive in future months meaning the USO needs to pay more to
roll its contracts forward.
Not exact matches
Does a carry trade derived from
roll yields of futures /
forward contracts work within asset classes (undiversified) and across asset classes (iversified)?
However, if the commodity's
forward price curve is downward sloping (in contango), then the
roll process would involve
rolling into a futures
contract that is trading at a higher price than the current futures
contract.
When
rolling forward, a trader will simultaneously offset his current position and establish a new position in the next
contract month.
Longer - dated futures
contracts can be used to hedge or short - term futures can be
rolled forward at little or no additional cost.
However, if the commodity's
forward price curve is upward sloping (in contango), then the
roll process would involve
rolling into a futures
contract that is trading at a higher price than the current futures
contract, which results in a negative
roll yield.
To avoid deliveries of expiring futures
contracts as well as those resulting from futures options
contracts, customers must
roll forward or close out positions prior to the applicable notice periods for physical delivery.
«Hi Lily, I wanted to ask — my temporary
contract just keeps
rolling forward and now my boss has said they should be able to make it permanent in a month or so.