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
Deal
Cash Settlement: Definitiꩵon, Benefits, and Examples
Futures Contract
Futures Contract Definit🐻ion: Types, Mechanics, and Uses in Trading
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What Commodඣities Trading Really 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 Trade🐽r? Definition, Role in Markets, Requiremeඣnts
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How Are Futures Used to Hedge a Position?
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Contracꦓt for Difference (CFD) Defini🍃tion, Uses, and Examples
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Intro to Open Interest in the Futures Market
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Natura🦹l Gas Liquids (NGL): Definition, Types, Examples
Use Inverse Sector ETFs for Market Bears
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Pay/Collect: What It Means, How It Works
Nonrenewable Resource
Nonrenewable Resource: Definition, Features, and Exa🤡mples
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Proven Reserves: What They are, How They Work
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The Correlation of Commodities to Inflation
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Cas𒊎h Market: Definition Vs. Futures, How It Works, and Example
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Cheapest t♏o Deliver (CꦯTD): Definition and Calculation Formula
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Commodity Price Risk: Definition, Calcula🐓tion, and Main Risks
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Trading the Gold-Silver Ratio
Agricultural Credit
Agricultural Credit: Definit💮ion and Types of Credit Vehi🌺cles
Global Finance Concept. Europe
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE): What It Is and What I𒀰t Does
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Farmout: What it Means, How it Works, Example
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Hoarding: Definitio𒅌n, How It Wᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚorks with Commodities, and Examples
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Timber Investmentও Management Organization (TIMO): Ovꦯerview
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U𝄹.S. Depa𓆏rtment of Agriculture (USDA): Definition and Purpose
Commodity Research Bureau Index (✱CRB💝I): Definition and Weightings
Futures Industry Associatꦦion (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 Commodities: What 🧸They Are, How They Work
Commodities That Move the Markets
Commodity Funds 101
Commodity Pool🀅 Operator (CPO): Meaning, Overview, 𝓰Example
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Exchange of Futures for Physical (EFP): Defini🐓tion and Example
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S&P GSCI Definition, Commodity Types Listed, 🌸Potential Drawbacks
Hardening: What It Means, How It Works, Impact of Speculatorꦓs
Introducing Broker (IB): Definᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚition, Ro🍰le, 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 Commodity Index (DJCI): Wha🦂t It is🐷, How It Works
Mineral Rights: What it is, How it Works, Sꦚpecial 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 (T𝄹OCOM): Meaning, History
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Gemology: Iden♊tifying and Valu🐠ing Gemstones for Investors
Contango
Contango Mean🥃ing, Why It Happens,🌟 and Backwardation
Point Balance: What It is, How it Works, Benefits
CWT (Hundredweight)
What Is CWT (Hundredweight) and How✃ Do Y🐓ou Calculate It?
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The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT): What Trades on This E꧒xchange
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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 i🍒n Trading, Requirements, and Examples
Trading House
Trading House: Definition, Benefits, Example
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W☂hat 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