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The Risks of Contango in Commodity Funds
backwardation or cotango is a downward sloping curve in the price of commodities. Forward traders can make money if they roll contracts into next month, like many are doing right now. Backwardation works very good as a passive investment strategy but should also be a warning sign to investors and that things can change you real fast If these backwardations switch back again into Contango.