Futures Market Explained

Farmers use various tools to control the many risks in agriculture. Watching the weather influences when they plant or harvest. Buying crop insurance and selecting farm bill safety net programs helps protect them from crop devastation. But they can also manage some of the threat posed by volatile market prices by participating in the futures market. Farmers can get a feel for how that works if they play Commodity Classic, an online teaching tool that uses fictitious bushels of grain in a fake futures market.

But here at Harvest Public Media, we wanted to better understand how the futures market helps both producers and users of a major commodity, such as corn. And how the benefits trickle down to regular food consumers. Here’s what we learned.

[confluenceinfinance]

This is how finance should be explained. Like to a child, and then that child goes and explores the subject because now the basic understanding is strong, making it easier to understand the complexity of it all.

[kd-bvmy]

Amazing, I should sign this contract with my gf.. She can't leave me when my value goes down.. Amazing 😅

[pariscloud]

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[asmafiver]

Can I just say, I love who ever created this! Like holy heck, this is the way finance needs to be explained. Break it down, don't complicate, be mindful the users ay not be hip to industry jargon. I love it. Wish you could make more videos.

[Mohit-iuge]

THIS VIDEO DESERVES MORE THAN A MILLION VIEWS FOR THE CLARITY AND FOR THE EFFORTS THAT WENT INTO IT. SUBBED.

[nsbalaji]

i was thinking why would a person risk of sticking with only one price when he can be ultimately facing huge losses. after this video i understood how this really works . This was absolutely brilliant

[Thyago]

Congrats on your growth, I started trading in January on a 10 k account which has grown to 48 k, the broker I use offers Ai and bots for trading which I took advantage of by contacting their live support. I have been taking advantage of it so far. Your channel is also an inspiration

[jackieonate]

so easy to understand, sometime is easier to understand than a sophisticate college lecture. thank you.

[myle]

Six years later I've finally found this video. I love it with all my ❤. Thank you.

[lkhjby]

Excellent video. I also enjoyed the attention to detail, like when the farmer got upset the moment low corn prices was bought up @0:51

[mohamedalibouchhioua]

I can't believe that I'm able to understand futures.
Thank you very much for this amazing video.

[KoalaTacticalMilsim]

just started college and this was one of the first things in my text book and i got lost really quick. This video REALLY helped me understand what was going on. Thanks!!!

[TraeBaldwin]

This was both really adorable and incredibly helpful for helping me understand Futures.
I thought it was to maximize profit but I now understand that is a risk management tool for both parties

[tommili]

futures are standardized and exchange traded contracts, what you explained in your video is a forward contract

[janvdam]

Thnx for making me understand this. Great video!

[fearlessgeneral]

Best examination i was able to get on YouTube and I like the agribusiness risk management perspective. That was exactly what I wanted.

[dimuthuedirisinghe]

One of the most effective teaching videos ever seen!

[suhasm]

wow..!! Amazing explanation. saves a lot of time reading texts.

[joewang]

Wow, this is so easy to understand. thank you so much for the video and your great affort.

[muazzakaria]

As an engineering student who start to reads about investment. This video really helps a alot
Thanks :D