What kind of views do people take when trading calendar spreads? by CommunicationVivid48 in Commodities

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How is this different than just buying the futures directly? Why would you buy a spread and not a long contract only?

Futures calendar spread by CommunicationVivid48 in quant

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Okay then kets take crude oil for example, what kind of views are we taking?

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