The firm started to sell $4.1 billion of “E-Mini” futures contracts based on the S&P 500 index through an algorithmic trade, taking account only of volume, not time or price.

该公司开始卖出价值为41亿美元的“电子迷你”期货合约，这些合约以一种算法交易形式建立在标准普尔500指数之上，只考虑交易量而不考虑时间和价格因素。

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Well not if you look at the futures market, which is in backwardation now and it's predicting major drops in the price of oil.

如果你看看期货交易市场,现在正处于交割延期的时期,而这正预示了油价将要下跌

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Investor cans bypass both company risk and commodities futures trading costs by purchasing U.S. Oil, an exchange-traded fund that tracks the price of oil futures.

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Lamb avoids futures or options as a hedge against price volatility, saying it's too risky.

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Yet, even after the central banks' announcement, dealers cited by TradeTheNews.com said that some interest rate spreads were still high, with the TED spread (which is price difference between three-month futures contracts for U.S. Treasuries and three-month contracts for Eurodollars) still above 30 basis points.

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