hedgers

Since they are classified as hedgers, however, they can still apply for exemptions on speculative position limits even though they may be engaged in both hedging and speculative trading.

CFTC to Review Hedge-Exemption Rules 2009

Most big banks, for instance, take bets on prices but are still classified as hedgers because they use futures markets to off-set the risks they face as swaps dealers.

CFTC to Review Hedge-Exemption Rules 2009

Most of the physical players (those who deal with concrete energy products) start as hedgers, that is, they trade in order to mitigate the risks they are exposed to.

Hurriyet Dailynews 2010

Most of the physical players (those who deal with concrete energy products) start as hedgers, that is, they trade in order to mitigate the risks they are exposed to.

Hurriyet Dailynews 2010

And there is, AFAICT, a fundamental asymmetry between the "hedgers" and "speculators" in this game, in that the natural hedgers would in general be poorer than the speculators in terms of their actual ownership of assets, and that this is a big problem.

The Poor Get Richer, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Any proposed change in the margin requirements for speculators wouldn't directly affect "hedgers," such as airlines and farmers who use the futures market to hedge against price risk in their supplies or products.

Higher Margins Considered to 2008

He had on a pair of large gloves such as hedgers use.

The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

He had on a pair of large gloves such as hedgers use.

Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

He had on a pair of large gloves such as hedgers use.

Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 James Boswell 1767

He had on a pair of large gloves such as hedgers use.

Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood James Boswell 1767