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Buying Hedge
Definition 1.
A transaction that commodities investors undertake to hedge against possible increases in the prices of the actuals underlying the futures contracts.
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Definition 2.
Buying futures to hedge against the sale of a cash commodity. An investor might use a buying hedge if he/she expects to buy a certain amount of the commodity in the future, but is worried about price fluctuations. He/she will buy a futures contract in order to be able to buy the commodity at a fixed price later. also called long hedge.
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