Question

You purchased one silver futures contract at $3.15 per ounce. Assume the contract size is 5,000 ounces and there are no transactions costs. What would be your profit or loss at maturity if the silver spot price at that time is $3.34 per ounce

Answer 1

$950

Step-by-step explanation:

In this scenario, the profit or loss would be the difference in price between the selling and buying price of the asset, multiplied by the number owned of that asset. Therefore in this scenario, since you purchased the asset at a price of $3.15 per ounce and would be selling at a price of $3.34 per ounce we need to subtract these values and find the difference, then we multiply by the amount of the asset which is 5,000 ounces to find the loss or profit.

$3.34 - $3.15 = $0.19

$0.19 * 5000 = $950

Finally, we see that you made a profit of $950