Given a text T, and several options, according to the question posed in the text T to choose the most appropriate option from the options as the answer, please directly output the most appropriate option, do not need to output the explanation.

The value of a forward contract at expiration is:
Option A:positive to the long party if the spot price is higher than the forward price.
Option B:negative to the short party if the forward price is higher than the spot price.
Option C:positive to the short party if the spot price is higher than the forward price.

Answer: A