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1. What are the difference between Crude oil (commodity) spot price, Crude oil company stock price, Crude oil futures price (different month), Crude oil futures option price?
2. Please find a similar graph online, copy and paste in your essay to verify the graph below, then give a brief introduction of the negative WTI Crude Oil Spot Price on 20th April 2020.
WTC- | Crude Oil West Texas Intermediate WTI Cushing US FOB - data Source:
Thomson Reuters.
3. On the same day, the WTI crude futures contract, linked tightly to the physical oil market. The Crude Oil Front Month Futures (CLc1) which expires in May closed at -$37.63/bbl. Please find a graph online showing the above fact.
4. We know that the nearby contract turned negative, what about the deferred month futures, e.g., the June contract? Was it also negative or it was still trading at a positive price, please explain? Please also show me the graph.