Using Futures and Options to hedge commodities requires practice and skill to be effective. Our strategy simulations are designed to
help hedgers develop and apply these skills during changing markets.
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Simulations for Hog Producers
Hog Producer Hedging Strategy Simulation
In this simulation you are a hog producer that needs to protect your fourth quarter margin on 6 million pounds of pork. Your first trading decision starts in April and finishes by the middle of December.
Dairy Producer Hedging Strategy Simulation
In this simulation you are a dairy producer that needs to manage feed prices and milk sales for 9 thousand head and 6.4 million pounds of milk for the second quarter of the year. Your first trading decision starts in October and finishes by the middle of the summer.
Beef Producer Hedging Strategy Simulation
In this simulation you are a beef producer that needs to manage feed prices and live cattle sales for 750 head. Your first trading decision starts in August and finishes by February of the following year.
Corn Producer Hedging Strategy Simulation
You're a crop producer with 1,000,000 bushels of corn to market in the 4th quarter. In keeping with your policy of carefully protecting against falling Corn prices, you want to begin hedging the December Corn contract in the first quarter this year.
Simulations for Importers, Food and Feed Producers
Meal Buyer Sample Strategy Simulation
In this free sample simulation you'll face the challenge of protecting the price of Meal in 3 trading decisions to
anticipate the coming winter months where you'll feed 7000 tons.
March Flour Purchaser Hedging Strategy Simulation
In this simulation you are a flour purchaser that needs to protect price on 500,000 bushels of CBOT Wheat using the March contract. Your first trading decision starts in May and finishes by the end of February of the following year.
May Soybean Importer Hedging Strategy Simulation
It's September, you're an importer of soybeans, and your company
needs to hedge 500,000 bushels by mid April. Price has
just fallen and as always the markets are uncertain. Test your advanced strategy and skill over 6 decision periods...
December Corn Buyer Hedging Strategy Simulation
You're a hog producer with a 4th quarter corn requirement of almost
250,000 bushels. In keeping with your policy of carefully protecting
against rising corn prices, you want to begin hedging the December
Corn contract in the first quarter this year. Use 6 trading decision days to lock in your price.
July Soybean Importer Hedging Strategy Simulation
In this simulation you're an importer that needs to protect price on 1,000,000 bushels of soybeans using the July contract. Your first trading decision starts in November and finishes by late June of the following year.
The web-based simulation advances through an actual market at your pace,
lets you experiment with strategies, and provides a complete assessment of your progress.
Market Analysis Evaluate your decisions based upon historical market information. Fine-tune your strategy using actual market news.
Position Detail At each trading decision consider your Open Position, Gain or Loss, and all of your past Trades.
When the simulation is complete, see a full analysis of your activities, go back and review your strategies, or simply opt to retry the simulation.
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