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Published in TZ Latest News 19 July, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff

noob question

How come when i go long on sep17 feeder cattle futures for example my position becomes worth less as the price increases passed what i bought it for ? and worth more when it goes bellow what i bought it for ? isnt that counter intuitive ? i thought it should increase in value as price goes up?

also when i short light sweet crude /qm for example… my position value increases as the price goes up ?

is there something wrong here ? im paper trading on thinkorswim.