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What is a Commodity Futures Contract?

Transfer of Risk Price Risli Time Futures Contract The Trading of the Futures Contract

IVIargins Hedging

These are basic aspects involved in commodity trading.

Figure 1-1: What is a Commodity Futures Contract?



Producers

Speculators

End-Users

The diagram shows what the major players are in the commodity game.

Figure 1-2: Three Types ofPlayers" in Futures Markets



Commodities are traded in pits on a trading floor. This is how the trading floor is designed at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Figure 1-3: Diagram of Trading Floor at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange



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