Aluminium futures and option contracts are traded on a number of global commodity exchanges. Management of price risks is a crucial premise of aluminium trading since everyone in the supply chain, including smelters, fabricators and scrap processors, incur a certain amount of risk. Aluminium futures and option contracts enhance efficiency in management of price risks in different market segments. Futures help buyers in making proper advance cost assessments while options help sellers value their inventories before selling their products.
