Contango and backwardation are important concepts for commodity traders, reflecting price differences for delivery in different periods. The 2X Bitcoin Strategy ETF applies these concepts to Bitcoin ...

So-called "backwardation" — a futures price curve moving lower in value as time gets further out — can be read as a measure ...

Most commodity ETFs are in a downtrend. The (small) iShares Commodity Curve Carry Strategy ETF is an exception. It’s an optimized commodity ETF that focuses on commodities with the greatest degree of ...

Crude oil's futures curve will likely switch to contango this summer from the current backwardation as global inventory is expected to build which would ease supply tightness, Bank of America energy ...

LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Oil traders are increasingly convinced the market will rebalance over the next year with a major drawdown in crude and products stocks. Sign up here. Conviction about market ...

Bitcoin has slipped into backwardation, a structure that occurs when futures trade below the spot price and is typically associated with stress, "extreme fear" or heavy hedging activity. The shift ...

(For 12-month forward curve, click ) SINGAPORE, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Asia fuel oil timespreads were mostly weaker in early Tuesday trade with the February/March contract, which turns prompt on Wednesday ...

Ether (ETH) bulls like a positive spread between its spot and ETH futures prices because the so-called contango reflects optimism about a higher rate in the future. But as of Aug. 1, the Ethereum ...

"Backwardation is the solution" to OPEC's problem of how to raise output and revenues without sparking another shale boom, according to the influential oil research team at Goldman Sachs.

Earlier this October, silver entered an unusual and rare deep backwardation where the spot market rose to a gap of $2.88 above the futures market. While there were geopolitical and international ...