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A commodity pool combines customer funds for futures trading, managed by a CPO. It parallels mutual funds in securities. Managed accounts are individual. Series 3 often tests this analogy.

Premium = intrinsic + time value. If OTM, premium = time value only. If ITM, premium includes both. Candidates must calculate these components accurately.

Bond prices fall when rates rise, so selling T-bond futures profits. Eurodollar prices move inversely to rates, so rate rise → Eurodollar futures fall → sell them too. But T-bond short is most direct.

Futures gain = 705 − 700 = +5¢. Add to cash 698 = 703¢. Hedge results in effective forward price close to target. Basis shift explains difference.

This is a bull call spread, limiting risk and capping upside. Options spreads are tested in detail—Series 3 requires recognizing both structure and purpose.