Valuing Material in CATS (Mark to Market)
Valuation Types
- Automatic - Use the Arrival Month to Futures Table to get an exchange position month and year for this contract item. Pull the differential from the Grade code table if applicable.
- Position - Enter the exchange position month and year to use for valuation on this contract item. No differential.
- Currency +diff+ position - Enter the currency, differential amount, and exchange position month and year.
- Allocated differentials - For a sale, use the differential from the allocated purchase. Should be used in conjuction with the Deferred P&L feature.
- Fixed valuation - Enter the specific price you want CATS to use for the valuation of this item.
Examples of a Contract
Here are examples of a contract valued at different types of valuations.