Online Commodity Trading - Learning To Trade Futures
What is a Futures Contract?
T & K Futures and Options Predicts Multi-Decade Highs in Gold Futures Prices
The weakening US Dollar, inflation, ETF's, lack of gold production expansion and increasing investment demand may push gold futures prices to multi-decade highs in 2008.
Platinum Guild and Groom Groove Launch Platinum Marriage Proposal Story Contest
Platinum Guild International, the worldwide marketing arm for Platinum jewelry, and GroomGroove.com, the leading engagement and wedding web site for men, have partnered together to launch a marriage proposal story contest.
Absolute Futures Commodity Brokerage Changes Clearing Houses to Offer Their Customers Better Trading Services
In a move to increase and improve services as well as lower the fees to their valued futures and commodities clients, Absolute Futures, professional commodities and futures brokers, will process and clear all futures and commodities trades through futures commission merchants (FCM), Dorman Trading.
Trading Commodity Futures Using Support and Resistance - Paper Trading
Setting Up a Paper Trading AccountQuestion:
I cannot trade with "real money" as yet; however, how do I go about setting up a paper trade account?Answer:
You can paper trade various ways and it really does not require that you have anything more specialized than a notebook to track your trades and access to charts.Begin by funding your paper trading account with the amount of money you think you will really begin with, whether it is $2000 or $20,000.
An Initiation To Commodity Futures Trading
How It All Began
T & K Futures and Options Predicts Record Corn Futures Prices for 2008
Record ethanol production, competition for acreage with soybeans, and wheat, the weak US Dollar and global demand might push corn futures prices to record highs in 2008.
Lind-Waldock Sponsors New Commodity Futures Trading Webinar: Friedman's Futures Forecast
Lind-Waldock, the premier futures broker for individual investors, is now offering a new educational webinar series for commodity futures traders. These free, interactive online events will focus on the most significant market developments and will be presented by Jeffrey Friedman, a Senior Market Strategist with Lind Plus, Lind-Waldock's broker-assisted division. The monthly webinar series, "Friedman's Futures Forecast," will provide a "big picture" view of the futures markets and how economic developments affect derivatives. "We're going to look at the forest instead of the trees," said Friedman.
T & K Futures and Options Predicts Multi-Decade Sugar Futures Prices
Record ethanol production, Asian demand and high oil futures prices may push sugar futures prices to multi-decade highs.
Cannon Trading Launches Environmental Initiative to Offset Futures and Commodities Industry Footprint
Cannon Trading, in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, announces its Green Earth Futures program, replanting trees in American national forests and preserving global rainforests to counteract the environmental impact of metals mining, lumber trade, and oil drilling.
T & K Futures and Options Announces Managed Futures Funds Trading
T & K Futures and Options, Inc. now offers clients access to a multitude of federally registered and licensed Commodity Trading Advisors.
Futures Portal - A Guide to Commodities and Futures Trading Education and News
The recent launch of finance related website, Futures Portal, was created for those looking to get educated in commodities and futures trading. People of all experience level are curious as to what is occurring in our market these days and Futures Portal is the perfect place to get your commodity trading news and learn about trading from experienced traders.
Diamond Discoveries Acquires Quebec Property with Platinum-Palladium-Rhodium Potential
PGE's are at the centre of technological and environmental advances in the fields of autocatalysts and alternative fuel sources (fuel cells)
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An Initiation To Commodity Futures Trading
How It All Began
Commodity futures trading, as we know it today, came about for the first time in Japan in the 17th century, where rice was traded in future contracts. It was a period when farmers and buyers came together and decided to commit to each other future prices negotiated on suitable terms in exchange of grain for money. For example, a dealer would agree to buy a ton of rice at the end of the next month for a certain price from a farmer. This would be ideal for both parties, as the farmer would know how much he would get for his rice in advance, and the buyer could plan to raise the money he needed for the purchase. Contracts such as these became more and more popular and common, and were even used as collateral for taking loans. If the buyer could not take delivery of the rice, he could sell the contract to someone else. On the other hand, if the farmer could not deliver the goods, then he could hand over the contract to another farmer. Thus began commodity futures trading, as we know it today.
What Are Commodity Futures?
Today, most of the futures commodity trading exchanges are set up in a similar way. Members of the exchange do the actual trading on the floor. Stock stands for equity in a public company, and can be held as long as you want, whereas commodity futures trading contracts have a specified life. In the past, people used commodity futures trading methods generally to hedge risks and fluctuation in prices, or to take advantage of them, and not for actually buying into the commodity. The idea is that a contract requires delivery of the commodity within a certain predefined time period unless it becomes null and void. The person buying the commodity futures trading contract agrees to buy the specified commodity at a fixed price on a certain date. The person selling the commodity futures trading contract agrees to sell the commodity at a certain price on a certain date. As time goes on, the contract price fluctuates, and this brings about profit and loss in the trade. It is to be noted, however that, the delivery generally doesn't take place. The contract is usually liquidated before its expiry. The entire trade is based on the idea that there will be no delivery, but we can speculate on the price of the underlying commodity at a future time to make money. Commodity futures trading is done all over the world now.
Different Types Of Commodities
There are many types of commodities that are traded in the international market. These can be very broadly categorized into the following:
? Precious metals like Gold, Platinum, Silver, etc., ? Metals such as Aluminum, Copper, Steel, etc., ? Agricultural products like Rice, Corn, Oils, Cotton, Wheat, etc., ? Soft commodities such as Cocoa, Coffee, Tea, Sugar, etc., ? Livestock like porkbellies, cattle, etc., ? Energy commodities like Crude oil, Gasoline, Gas, etc.
David Rivera has traded commodities and options for one of the largest cash trading firms in the world. He currently owns and runs the following websites: Futures & Options Simulated trading: http://www.futuresoptionspapertrading.comOptions Secrets course: http://www.deltaneutraltrading.comPrice and Time trading: http://stock-commodity-trading.com
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