University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
 Office for Futures and Options Research
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL & CONSUMER ECONOMICS  

FACULTY ASSOCIATES
Virginia France
Philip Garcia
Darrel L. Good
Robert J. Hauser
Scott H. Irwin
Hun Park
Neil Pearson
Joost M. E. Pennings
Allen Poteshman
Bruce J. Sherrick
Raymond M. Leuthold
Thorsten M. Egelkraut
Leo Melamed, Honorary

 

Philip Garcia
Director
E-mail: p-garcia@uiuc.edu
Phone: (217) 333-0644

Eugene Kunda
Visiting Assistant Director
E-mail: kunda@illinois.edu
Phone: (217) 333-1427

Office for Futures and Options Research
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
341 Mumford Hall
1301 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801

Fax: (217) 333-5538

Basis=
cash price - futures price

The conventional formula for calculating the basis.

What does it look like?

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The Office for Futures and Options Research (OFOR) promotes and enhances scholarly research and learning of futures, options, and derivative markets.  The Office bridges the teaching and research programs in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and the Department of Finance. OFOR seeks faculty scholars and highly qualified students interested in research and learning of futures and options markets by providing opportunities for the dissemination of information through many written and verbal outlets, classroom instruction, and various education programs.