Futures markets have grown rapidly because futures

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• The main disadvantage of hedging with futures contracts as compared to options on futures contractsis that futures
• The main advantage of using options on futures contractsrather than the futures contracts themselvesis that
• The main reason to buy an option on a futures contract rather than the futures contract is
• Futures contracts are more successful than interest rate forward contracts because they :
• when the gains or losses in the futures do not exactly offset the loss/gainsin the physical market
• The hedging strategy which results in exact offsetting of gains and losses in the futures market and physical market is known as
• If the maturity of futures contract mismatchesfuture hedging is known as
• When the maturity matches but the size of the futures does not match, the hedge can be
• The total number of futures/option contracts outstanding at the close of the previous day’s trading is
• Options on futures contracts are referred to as