Which Commodity Trading Contract Suitable for Individual Investors ?

There are three types commodity trading contracts, which are :

1. Spot contract : an agreement in commodity trading that the delivery either takes place immediately or if there is a minimum lag , due to technical constraints, between the trade and delivery
2. Forward Contract : an agreement in commodity trading between two parties to exchange at fixed future date a given quantity of a commodity for a price defined today
3. Futures contract : is similar to forward contract but is transacted through a futures exchange. http://discountfuturestrading.blogspot.com/

In my view, for individual investors, the futures contract is more suitable than others. What do you think ?

What is Commodity Trading ?

Commodity markets are markets where to buy and sell raw or primary products.

Types of traded commodities :

• agricultural , such as : wheat, corn, soybeans, cocoa, coffee, sugar
• livestock & meat , such as : lean hogs, live cattle, feeder cattle
• energy, such as : natural gas, crude oil
• precious metals, such as : gold, silver
• industrial metals, such as : copper, aluminium
• rare metals , such as : germanium, cobalt, magnesium, rhodium, titanium
• other , such as : ethanol, rubber, palm oil, wool, polypropylene

Which type of commodities have you traded ? have any good trading systems ? please share them !

Discount Commodity Trading

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