The Customary Delivery Procedure at the Expiration of a Commodity

question 4

Multiple Choice

The customary delivery procedure at the expiration of a commodity futures contract is:

• A) delivering the commodity to the futures buyer.
• B) delivering the commodity to the futures exchange.
• C) offsetting the initial futures position and settling in cash.
• D)adding the profit or loss to your margin account and continuing to trade.

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Definitions:

Current Replacement Cost

The amount of money required to replace an asset at its current market value.

Market

A place or mechanism through which goods, services, or financial instruments are traded between buyers and sellers.

Specific Identification Method

An inventory valuation method in which costs are assigned to individual items, used in situations where each item is distinguishable or significantly different from others.

Costing Inventories

The process of determining the value of inventory, including the costs associated with acquiring or producing the goods.