A Investor purchased a futures contract at the beginning of the year. If the price of a security represented by a futures contract ____ over the year, then the investor would likely have purchased the futures contract for ____ than he can sell it for.

a. increased; more

b. decreased; less

c. remains the same; more

d. increased; less

e. decreased; more

f. A & B

g. D & E

h. this is impossible to determine given the information provided