Benchmark
wheat futures traded in Chicago jumped more than 30 percent from April 25 to July 5 as drought on the northern U.S. Plains ravaged spring varieties.
Not exact matches
The latest commodity
trading prices for oil, natural gas, gold, silver,
wheat, corn and more on the U.S. commodities &
futures market.
By comparison, canola
futures remained steady since Nov. 30, while benchmark
wheat traded in Chicago climbed more than 8 per cent.
That's why a lot of the
futures still
traded today, are livestock such as cattle, plus grains like
wheat and corn.
Some of the most actively
traded commodity
trading futures are: corn,
wheat, soybean, gold, silver, copper, oil, gas, cattle, sugar, coffee, hogs, cocoa, and cotton.
If you wanted to start day
trading wheat futures, you'd want to look at other factors.
Before the advent / history of
futures trading, any producer of a given commodity (e.g. a farmer growing
wheat, soy or corn) often would be at the mercy of a commodity dealer when it came to selling his product at his / her desired price level.
Wheat futures are standardized, exchange - traded contracts in which the contract buyer agrees to take delivery, from the seller, a specific quantity of wheat (e.g. 5000 bushels) at a predetermined price on a future delivery
Wheat futures are standardized, exchange -
traded contracts in which the contract buyer agrees to take delivery, from the seller, a specific quantity of
wheat (e.g. 5000 bushels) at a predetermined price on a future delivery
wheat (e.g. 5000 bushels) at a predetermined price on a
future delivery date.
U.S
wheat futures are expected open 8 to 9 - cents higher after
trading sharply lower earlier this week.
Pursuant to a Resolution of the Board of Directors on March 5, 2008, there shall be no
trading in
wheat futures at a price more than $ 0.60 per bushel ($ 3,000 per contract) above or below the previous day's settlement price.
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund ETF, symbol DBA on New York, is based on an index made up of
futures contracts on some of the most liquid and widely
traded agricultural commodities, such as corn, soybeans,
wheat, cattle and hogs.