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Backwardation
Backwardation is a market condition where prices for a commodity in the future are lower than current or prompt prices.
In a backwardated market, there is an incentive to draw down inventories to capture higher prices before they decline. Utilization of storage facilities tends to decline during backwardated market periods.
Backwardation is the opposite market condition to contango.
