This video provides a quick review of the concept of contango and backwardation. These two are opposite of each other.
A market is said to be in Backwardation, when the prices of a futures contract is trading below the expected spot prices at the contract maturity.
A market is said to be in Contango, when the price of a futures contract is above the expected spot price.
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