From the spot prices we have to identify the following six parameters: α , μ, σ, Km , γ, Φ. If necessary, a seventh parameter, λ, should be identified from the futures prices. The six parameters mentioned above can be identified using the maximum likelihood method (Ball and Torous, 1983; Lien and Strom, 1999; Clewlow and Strickland, 2000) or the moments method (Lien and Strom, 1999; Deng, 1999)...