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Definition
Basis Risk is a type of esoteric or residual Market Risk when the actual traded instrument or instruments used to hedge and/or valuate a position are not 100% correlated
Examples
- Variance between a futures exchange price and a cash price.
- Difference between an index value and the value of its components
