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		csomar 46 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Addiction Markets They are roughly the same thing packaged differently. Both can be used to lock-in the price at a certain premium.

mlrtime 46 days ago [–]

They are both derivatives but using a farmer as an example is 100% futures.

For commodities, the Futures demand delivery of the underlying. Options are settles in cash.

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