Commodity Futures

The list contains commodity futures for the physical commodities only. That is to say it is the commodity futures that either come out of the ground, are grown in the fields, or are raised on a farm and traded in either Chicago or New York.

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The first group, of commodtiy futures, are traded in Chicago and is compiled of the grains. They are the oats, which often lead. The wheat, whose price often runs independently of the other grains. The soybean complex, which is made up of soybeans, the most actively traded, along with soybean meal and soybean oil. All the grains are commodity futures that are traded on the Chicago Board Of Trade or CBOT, for short.

Grains.... Wheat, Corn, Oats, and the Soybean complex.....make up of Soybeans, Soybean Meal and Soybean Oil.

Our second group is made up of the energy commodity futures. They are traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange or NYMEX for short. When the oil cartel gets together crude oil can be in short supply causing a shortage in gasoline and heating oil. Natural gas usually goes along for the ride, even that most of the natural gas comes from the USA.

Energies.... of which the most liquid is Crude Oil, followed by Gasoline, Heating Oil, and Natural Gas.

The meats are traded at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Lean hogs and live cattle are the most active. Pork Bellies are the most volatile, while feeder cattle are the less traded of the bunch.

Meats.... which are make up of.... Live Cattle, Feeder Cattle, Pork Bellies and Lean Hogs.

The metals consisting of two precious metals gold and silver and one industrial metal, copper, are traded on the New York Commodities Exchange or COMEX, for short.

Metals.... Gold, Silver and High Grade Copper.

Our next group of physical commodity futures are known as the softs and are traded either on the "Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa" exchange or on the "Cotton Exchange". In recent years coffee has been most volatile while Orange juice is the least traded. Cotton trades well and can be a fast market mover at times.

Softs..... Cotton #2, Orange Juice, Coffee, Sugar #11 and Cocoa.

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Trading commodity futures is much different than trading stocks. Margin requirements are usually under 10 percent. Futures are traded in Chicago and New York, but also around the world. Remember we listed only the physical commodity futures that are traded in Chicago and New York.

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