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Problem on harvesting-Production

Can someone help me in finding out the right answer from the given options. The speculator who purchases wheat at harvest time throughout the late falls or early on winter, contracts for its storage, and then vends the wheat afterward in the winter, spring or in summer is: (1) Engaged in paper transactions which are not productive. (2) Nearly certain to produce economic gains. (3) The major reason why prices are very volatile across the course of year. (4) Productively modifying the time whenever wheat is accessible for consumption.

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