Commodity Index definition
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Each Single Commodity Index will have two futures contracts on each Index Commodity throughout roll periods and one futures contracts on all other days.
Each Single Commodity Index is assigned a weight (the “Index Base Weight”) which is intended to reflect the world’s production and supplies of each such Index Commodity.
All representations and warranties of the Authorized Participant set forth in such DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund Participant Agreement are incorporated herein by reference.
As a result, each Single Commodity Index is able to potentially maximize the roll benefits in backwardated markets and minimize the losses from rolling in contangoed markets.
A contango market will tend to cause a drag on each Single Commodity Index while a backwardated market will tend to cause a push on a Single Commodity Index.