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Futures trading is an organized market mechanism through which participants enter into standardized contracts to buy or sell a specific quantity of a commodity at a predetermined price on a future date. Within this framework, two major categories of participants dominate market activity: hedgers and speculators. Though their objectives differ fundamentally, both play indispensable roles in risk management and price discovery. Hedging is primarily concerned with minimizing or transferring risk, whereas speculation involves assuming risk in anticipation of profit from price movements. Together, they enhance market efficiency, liquidity, and the functioning of commodity markets. Hedging refers to the practice of taking a position in the futures market that is opposite to an existing or anticipated position in the spot market, with the objective of reducing or eliminating the risk of adverse price movements. It is essentially a risk management strategy used by producers, processors, exporters, importers, and consumers of commodities. For example, a wheat farmer expecting to harvest crop in three months faces the risk of falling prices. To protect against this risk, the farmer can sell wheat futures contracts today at a predetermined price. If market prices decline by the time of harvest, the loss in the spot market is offset by gains in the futures position. Thus, hedging locks in a price and reduces uncertainty. Similarly, a flour mill that anticipates purchasing wheat in the future faces the risk __________ ____ ____ _________ ________ _________ _________ ___.
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