Commodity futures contract trading may be performed
electronically
on electronic trading platforms associated to the leading commodity
exchanges or by the established open outcry method on the floor of the
exchange. Anyway, the physical deliver of the commodity future, needs
to be arranged by the buyer and seller in a location, and the contract
must be clear on this. The trasportation costs may be high so, this
should be analyzed also to be able to include in the exchange.
Everyone involved in commodity future trade should know that,
daily
price movement limits are controlled by exchange. A limit movement
means that the price can be shifted to the lower or higher the daily
price limit. If the price moves down by an amount equal to the daily
price limit, the contract is said to be limit down. Also in the other
direction, if price goes up by the limit then it is said to be limit
up. This is very importatnt to know, and the purpose for price limits
and positions limits is to avoid large price movements caused from
excessive speculation.
Trading commodity futures is a good
way to make some stunning money, there are numerous serious factors
that as a trader you need to take care of. It is highly volatile in
matters mainly because of manyl factors like geopolitical interests,
taken demand - supply basic principles, and growth and inflation to
mention a few.
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