Discusses why backwardation in a commodities markets is bullish. [3:26]

Review of the different uses of the words contango, backwardation, contango theory, and theory of normal backwardation. [3:45]

Thinking about why a severe contango could be bearish when it comes to commodity investing. [2:27]

Explains how a futures curve shows a snapshot in time of the different market prices for the delivery price of a commodity at different future dates. [3:51]

Explains what contango means and how this applies to a futures markets. [4:11]

Sal Khan discusses why backwardation in commodities markets is bullish. [3:26]

This video [2:27]discusses why a severe contango could be bearish.

This video [4:40] focuses on how an exchange can benefit from trading futures and how it can use margin to mitigate its risk.

Sal Khan explains the mechanics of margin for futures, including initial and maintenance margin. [3:38]

Sal Khan gives an introduction to futures in this video. [3:28]

Sal Khan gives an example of a futures curve. [3:51]

Sal Khan demonstrates normal and inverted futures curves. [3:19]

What a trader means when they say that a market is in contango.

Contango Theory says that people are willing to pay more to buy a commodity in the future than the actual expected price of that commodity. Using examples, Sal Khan explains what it means if the market is in contango.

Explains how to interpret normal and inverted futures curves. [3:19]