Futures & Commodities Trading Strategy & Education

Futures and commodities trading refers to speculative bets on the future price of a product like oil, corn, wheat and cattle. Since these are bets on the future prices of these products, commodity futures are highly risky.
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Hedging vs. Speculation: What's the Difference?
Omnibus Account: An investment account shared by multiple individuals.
What Is an Omnibus Account? How It's Managed
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Cash Settlemen🎐t: Definition, Benef♔its, and Examples
Futures Contract
Futures Contract Definition: Types, Mechanics, and Usesꦯ in Trading
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What Commodities Trading Realඣly Means for🐠 Investors
Futures Market
Futures Market
Zero-Sum Game
Zero-Sum Game Definition in Finance, With Example
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What Is a Floor Trader? Definition, Role in Markets, Req꧟uirements
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How Are Futures Used to Hedge a Position?
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Contract for Differ𒉰ence (CFD) Definition, Uses, and Examples
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Intro to Open Interest in the Futures Market
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Natural Gas Liquids (NGL): Definition, Typeꦿs, Examples
Use Inverse Sector ETFs for Market Bears
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Pay/Collect: What It Means, How It Works
Nonrenewable Resource
Nonrenewable Resource: Defin👍ition, Features, and Examples
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Proven Reserves: What They are, How They Work
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The Correlation of Commodities to Inflation
A smartphone displays the Bitcoin Cash market value on the stock exchange (Dec. 2018)
Cash 🐟Market: Definition Vs. Futures, How It Works, and Example
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Che📖apest to Deliver (CTD): Definition and Calculation Formula
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Commodity Price Risk: Definition, Calculatio🍎n, and Main Risks
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Trading the Gold-Silver Ratio
Agricultural Credit
Agricu🍸ltural Credit: Definition and Types of Credit Vehicles
Global Finance Concept. Europe
Intercontinental Exchaꦓnge (ICE)ꩵ: What It Is and What It Does
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Farmout: What it Means, How it Works, Example
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Hoဣarding: Definition, How It Worꦡks with Commodities, and Examples
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Timber Investment Management Org𓃲anization (TIMO): Overview
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (US꧒DA): Definition and Purpose
Commodity Research Bureau Index (CRBI): Definition♏ꦆ and Weightings
Futures Indus༒try Association (FIA): Meaning♔, History, Mission
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Gross Processing Margin: What it is, How it Works
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Fool's Gold: Meaning, Avoiding bad Investments, Grammar
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Tradable Commoditiꦛes: What They Are, How They Work
Commodities That Move the Markets
Commodity Funds 101
Commodity Pool Operator (CPO): Meaning, ඣOverview, Examp꧙le
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Exchange of Futures f🤡or Physical (EFP): Definition and Example
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S&P GSCI Definition, Commodity Type𒊎s Listed, Potential Drawbacks
Hardening: What It Means, How I♏t Works, Impact of Speculators
Introducinﷺg Broker (IB): Definition, Role, Registration, and Examples
Posted Price: What It is, How It Works, Example
Commoditization: What it is, How it Works
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
Dow Jones Commod🃏ity Index 𒁃(DJCI): What It is, How It Works
Mineral Rights: What it is,ꦅ How it Works, ജSpecial Considerations
e-CBOT
e-CBOT: What It Means, How it Works, FAQs
Commodity Paper: What It Is, How It Works
Commodity Pairs: Currency Correlations Explained
Futures
Five Advantages of Futures Over Options
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Tokyo Commodity 🧜Exchange (TOCOM): Meaning, History
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Gemology: Identifying and Valui꧃ng G𒀰emstones for Investors
Contango
Contango𝔍 Meaning, Why It Happ𝔉ens, and Backwardation
Point Balance: What It is, How it Works, Benefits
CWT (Hundredweight)
What Is CW♈T (Hundredweight) and How Do You Calcul✤ate It?
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The Chicago Board of Trade (CBဣOT): What Trades on This Exchange
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Series 3 License: A Career With No Limits
Divergence vs. Convergence What's the Difference?
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Tick Size: Definition in T🅰rading, Requirements𒀰, and Examples
Trading House
Trading House: Definition, Benefits, Example
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Wꦿhat Is Physical Delivery? Definition and How It Works in Trading
Backwardation: When the current price of an underlying asset is higher than prices trading in the futures market.
Backwardation: Definition, Causes, and Example