Commodities / Commodity is physical good, raw material, substance or farming products that are traded on the futures exchanges through futures contracts.

Commodities:

• Energy: Crude Oil, Heating Oil, Gasoline, ICE Brent Crude Oil, Ethanol

• Metals

          -Base Metals: Copper, Aluminium, Zinc, Lead, Nickel, Tin
        
          -Precious Metals: Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium

• Agriculture

          -Grains: Wheat, Corn, Soybeans, Oats, Rough Rice, Canola,

          -Softs: Cotton, Orange Juice, Coffee, Sugar, Cocoa, Sugar, Lumber

          -Livestock: Live Cattle, Feeder Cattle, Lean Hogs, Pork Bellies, Class III Milk


Future Exchanges were commodities futures contracts are traded.

Future Exchanges	abbreviation
Chicago Board of Trade - Division of CME Group	CBOT
Chicago Mercantile Exchange	CME
COMEX Division - New York Mercantile Exchange Division of CME Group	CMX
New York Board of Trade	NYBOT
Kansas City Board of Trade	KCBT
Minneapolis Grain Exchange	MGE
ParisBourse SA	MATIF
Sydney Futures Exchange	SFE
NYMEX Division - New York Mercantile Exchange Division of CME Group	NYM
London Int'l Financial Futures Exchange	LIFFE
Eurex	EUREX
Int'l Commodity Exchange	ICE