| 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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