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An airline started a hedging program for their exposure to jet fuel in the Spring of 2008 when jet fuel price kept going up due

An airline started a hedging program for their exposure to jet fuel in the Spring of 2008 when jet fuel price kept going up due to skyrocketing oil prices. The airline was going long on crude oil futures, with 5,000 contracts every 3 months. The company was having great results for the first three quarters (March, June and September settlements). When the time to roll over their hedge in September for the December futures, the price of crude oil futures was at $130 a barrel. It has risen to as high as $147 a barrel in late August (The rolling usually happens a month before the current contract matures). By the time the December contract is to be closed out, oil price has sunk to $40 a barrel. How much money did the airline loss in their December hedge?

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