Which of the following statements correctly identifies one of the major participants in futures trading?

Question 15 options:

a)A person or firm that has an interest in the actual commodity and would like to buy it sometime in the future

b)A person who expects to have the underlying asset sometime in the future and wants to guarantee an open interest

c)A firm that has no intention of using the underlying asset now or in the future but wishes to make profits without risk

d)Speculators who are in the market for quick, riskless profit