Summary: instrument, especially for beginners and traders with small accounts (less than $10,000). The following example of a wheat spread shows the advantages of futures spread trading: Example : Long September Minneapolis wheat (MW) and Short September Kansas City wheat (KW). Entry was made at -17.5. You see the trade at +3.25. That is 20.75 points, which equals $1037.
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