Traders and hedge funds are betting that corn prices will soar to never-before-seen prices of $9 a bushel or more, as the worst US drought in half a century decimates the global corn crop.
由于美国半个世纪以来最严重的旱情导致全球玉米收成大幅减产,交易员和对冲基金纷纷押注玉米价格将飙升至每蒲式耳9美元这一前所未见的水平、甚至更高。
Benchmark front-month corn futures have already risen 50 per cent since early June, touching a record high of $8.28 a bushel last week. But the options market has seen an explosion of bets that prices will rally well beyond current levels.
6月初以来,基准的即月玉米期货价格已上涨50%,上周更是触及每蒲式耳8.28美元的历史高点。但期权市场的数据表明,押注玉米价格还将进一步大幅上涨的头寸已急剧增加。
The number of call options that would give traders the right to buy corn at prices between $9 and $10 in December has risen nearly thirteenfold in the past month, according to data from CME Group, the exchange.
芝加哥商品交易所(CME)的数据显示,过去一个月里,行权价格为9美元至10美元的12月玉米看涨期权的数量增加了近12倍。
Corn has shrivelled across the US Midwest in the past month, with 48 per cent of the crop rated “poor or “very poor at the end of last week, according to a weekly survey from US Department of Agriculture – the worst rating since 1988.
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