TABLE 3. AVERAGE NET RETURNS AND SUPPORTING STATISTICS FOR PREHARVEST MARKETING STRATEGIES AND A HARVEST CASH MAREKTING STRATEGY: IOWA AND OHIO SOYBEAN DATA

Strategies

State & grain

Months or years

Net Return

t - test

Probability

 

 

 

Mean

Std dev

CV

 

 

 

 

 

($)

($)

%

 

 

Hedge II

Ohio Soy

hedge Feb or July

61932

14777

0.2386

1.8118

0.0867

Hedge II

Iowa Soy

hedge Feb or July

82505

28539

0.3459

1.8759

0.0770

Synthetic Put Feb. Short hedge

 

 

 

 

Synthetic Put I

Ohio Soy

offset call July

59783

10696

0.1789

2.6923

0.0196

Synthetic Put I

Iowa Soy

offset call July

80560

32017

0.3974

2.5850

0.0239

Synthetic Put II

Ohio Soy

offset call August

58724

9955

0.1695

2.1948

0.0486

Synthetic Put II

Iowa Soy

offset call August

79599

30935

0.3886

2.1350

0.0541

Synthetic Put III

Ohio Soy

offset call September

57652

10676

0.1852

1.7174

0.1111

Synthetic Put III

Iowa Soy

offset call September

78221

32076

0.4101

1.6177

0.1317

Synthetic Put Feb. Short hedge/call

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Synthetic Put IV

Ohio Soy

offset call July/July

59051

10238

0.1734

2.6567

0.0209

Synthetic Put IV

Iowa Soy

offset call July/July

79659

31537

0.3959

2.5423

0.0258

Synthetic Put V

Ohio Soy

offset call July/August

57991

9371

0.1616

2.1275

0.0548

Synthetic Put V

Iowa Soy

offset call July/August

78698

30407

0.3864

2.0533

0.0625

Synthetic Put VI

Ohio Soy

offset call July/Sept.

56919

10049

0.1765

1.6154

0.1322

Synthetic Put VI

Iowa Soy

offset call July/Sept.

77320

31525

0.4077

1.4974

0.1601

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Synthetic Put

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Synthetic Put VII

Ohio Soy

offset call July

59315

11305

0.1906

3.0768

0.0096

Synthetic Put VII

Iowa Soy

offset call July

80081

32754

0.4090

2.9688

0.0117

Synthetic Put VIII

Ohio Soy

offset call August

57491

10799

0.1878

2.4441

0.0309

Synthetic Put VIII

Iowa Soy

offset call August

78243

31477

0.4023

2.3127

0.0393

Synthetic Put XI

Ohio Soy

offset call September

56431

11468

0.2032

1.7926

0.0983

Synthetic Put XI

Iowa Soy

offset call September

76887

32676

0.4250

1.6370

0.1276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naive Cash Marketing Sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohio Soy

18 yrs

55821

17784

0.3186

 

 

 

Iowa Soy

18 yrs

75892

29405

0.3875

 

 

 

Ohio Soy

12 yrs

52680

13391

0.2542

 

 

 

Iowa Soy

12 yrs

72764

31745

0.4363