A trader wishes to hedge the purchase of 100000 widgets in 4 months time. The trader notes that futures contracts trade on grommets, maturing in 5 months time, and each contract covers 6000 grommets. The standard deviation of spot widget prices is 0.53, the standard deviation of the grommet futures price is 0.33, and the correlation between the two is -0.65. What is the traders's optimal hedge position in grommet futures? 7 short positions. 17 long positions. 17 short positions. 7 long positions.