THE EXCHANGES
Commodity contracts are traded through "exchanges" where contracts are exchanged between buyers and sellers. The major exchanges deal in specific types of contracts and commodities. Some have pit traded contracts alongside fully electronic contracts. Here are the eight major exchanges our customers trade on:
Chicago Board of Trade - Wheat, Corn, Soybeans, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Little Silver, Oats, Rice, Kilo Gold, Treasury Bonds, Treasury Notes, Mini Bond Index.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange/International Monetary Market- Live Cattle, Lean Hogs, Lumber, Feeder Cattle, S&P 500 Index, S&P Mid-Cap 400 Index, Treasury Bills, Eurodollar, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Deutsche Mark, Swiss Franc, Japanese Yen, Australian Dollar, New Zealand Dollar, Mexican Peso.
CME Group New York Mercantile Exchange & Comex Division- Platinum, Palladium, Crude Oil, #2 Heating Oil, Unleaded Gasoline, Natural Gas, Gold, Silver, Copper.
ICE Futures Europe: Brent Crude Oil
ICE Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange- Coffee-C, Sugar (World) and Cocoa.
ICE New York Futures Exchange- Russell 2000 Index.
ICE New York Cotton Exchange-Cotton, Orange Juice, Dollar Index.
Kansas City Board of Trade- Value Line Stock Index, KC Wheat, Mini Value Line Index.
Minneapolis Grain Exchange- Minneapolis Wheat.
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