Commodity Swap

What Does It Mean?
What Does Commodity Swap Mean?
A swap where exchanged cash flows are dependent on the price of an underlying commodity. This is usually used to hedge against the price of a commodity.
Investopedia Says
Investopedia explains Commodity Swap
In this swap, the user of a commodity would secure a maximum price and agree to pay a financial institution this fixed price. Then in return, the user would get payments based on the market price for the commodity involved.

On the other side, a producer wishes to fix his income and would agree to pay the market price to a financial institution, in return for receiving fixed payments for the commodity.

The vast majority of commodity swaps involve oil.
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