In what sense is “profits” not referring to money?

Did you reply to the wrong comment? I said nothing of the sort.

Your hung up on money, everyone is trying to explain that the exact same money is better when it is predictable versus erratic.

You may have liabilities or income that exist outside of financial markets e.g. if I have 500t of wheat due to be harvested I might want to hedge enough to guarantee I can pay my staff - ive locked in the price of wheat, I might make less money as a result but my risk is lower.

Wheat futures trading rarely involves any actual wheat.

And rarely is done by farmers.