Futures Commodity Trading

Corn is a great market for futures and options trading. This is how many novices learn to trade commodities. The margins are low, usually around $ 1000. A contract of 5000 bushels of corn and represents about $ 15,000 at current prices of corn from $ 3 a bushel. A move from $ 3 to $ 3.50 a bushel is $ 2500 profit or loss. The explosion of ethanol was added to the more recent interest in the futures market for corn. In addition, corn has just joined the electronic trading side by side in the CBOT. It is trade, together with the hole contracts. Liquidity is high, very high. This means that the routes are easier to implement at least the cost of entry and exit. Rarely is a bad corn and fill the liquidity is so broad. The diversion of corn in the market tends to be small. Even in the market “to halt the loss of the executions are usually close to the order price.