| Definition for Price Perc.
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| 1) PRICE PERCENTAGE
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| The Price Percentage displays the Future Commodity price expressed as
| a percentage. This improves the readability of the graph.
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| The scale is 0-100 and is on the left hand side of the graph.
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| 100% is the MAXIMUM PRICE that existed during the span of time that
| for the analysis.
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| Any other price is expressed as a percentage of this maximum.
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| Eg: For the period of the analysis Gold prices ranged
| from $380 / oz to $410 / oz
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| $410 = 100%
| $400 = (400/410)*100 = 97.6%
| $380 = (380/410)*100 = 92.7%
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| (The actual price is shown in the tabular report)
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| 2) SPAN (Weeks).
| The number of weeks over which the Price Percentage is calculated.
| The value is shown for each Commodity on the first Commodity
| Selection Page
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| 3) WEEKS Weeks from last January 01
| FR LAST This provides a convenient way to express dates on the
| JAN 01 graphical representation (if provided for the specific
| commodity). JAN 01 of the current year is zero.
| JAN 28 is 4 weeks later and is 4
| DEC 01 of the previos year is
| 4 weeks earlier and is -4
| etc.
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| The relationship between this date format and the dd/mm/yy
| format is shown in the previous report.
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