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A proprietary trading desk for a large bank hedges an Arab light OTC forward position with Brent crude oil forwards. The trading desk benefits from using the most liquid OTC market to hedge, the market for the Brent crude, but hedging its using the Brent contract, exposes itself to the following type of risk:

  1. Basis risk
  2. Term risk
  3. Correlation risk
  4. Seasonality risk

Answer(s): A



In early March, an energy trader takes a long position in natural gas futures for delivery in June, and hedges this exposure by taking a position in futures for July delivery. These trades were executed on the expectation that over time, the relative prices of the June and July contracts will come into alignment, the movement in these two contracts will largely mirror each other, and as a result of this, the net exposure is minimized and the position is protected against absolute price movements. However, if the two relative prices do not come into alignment with each other due to the scarcity of any of the two traded contracts in the futures market, the trader is likely to become exposed to the

  1. Location basis
  2. Quality basis
  3. Product basis
  4. Calendar spreads basis

Answer(s): D



Which one of the following four statements regarding commodity derivative risks is INCORRECT?

  1. Because of the different demand/supply balance in each region and the cost of transporting the oil between regions, a tanker of Brent crude oil in the UK will have a different value to a UK buyer than a tanker of Arab light crude oil in Singapore, which results in the basis risk.
  2. Calendar spreads represent a special case of basis risk and occur when the relative prices of commodity futures do not come in alignment and the trader becomes exposed to the absolute price movements.
  3. In most commodities, the longest term contracts are the most volatile, while the shortest term forward contract are the least volatile.
  4. Some commodities can be both in backwardation and a have a strong seasonal element.

Answer(s): C



A bank customer can use either a plain vanilla option or an option contract with volumetric flexibility to reduce the following risks:

I) Market Risk
II) Basis Risk
III) Operational Risk

  1. I
  2. II
  3. I, II
  4. II, III

Answer(s): C



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