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Good for you! Youve been reading, youve put together a trading rules to lay the foundation for your futures trading plan and youve even been life ins quotes trading to prove your trading plan. Now you are ready to learn more about where you will be doing your business; its time to talk about the futures exchanges.
General Futures Exchange Information
As you know at this point, you will not actually do business with the futures exchanges listed below. You will work with your broker who will take your futures orders to the exchange floor for you. Since you have been paper trading, you probably have already established an account for commodities trading so we wont go over that again. While there are futures exchanges throughout the world, we will focus on the ones in the US. The markets we will outline are in managed hosting Kansas City, New York and Chicago.
History of Futures Exchanges in the US
The modern futures trading began in Chicago, IL in the early 1800s. Chicago, with its location at the base of the Great Lakes, is close to the farm of the U.S. Midwest which made it a natural center for transportation, distribution and trading of agricultural produce. Gluts and shortages of these products caused extreme changes in price. An exchange was needed that would bring together a market to find potential buyers and sellers of a commodity instead of making people bear the burden of finding a buyer or seller. In 1848, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the world's first futures market, or futures exchange, was formed. Trading was originally in futures and the first contract was written on March 13, 1851.
Futures Exchanges
Different futures exchanges trade different commodities. In addition, each future exchange accepts different futures orders. Since not every exchange allows every order it is necessary to talk with you broker about which orders are permitted in the markets you trade. The following is a list of the major commodity exchanges, their commodities, and the orders that they accept:
Chicago Board of Trade
Location: Chicago, IL
Commodities
Corn
Oats
Soybeans
Soybean Oil
Soybean Meal
T-Bonds
T-Notes
Muni Bonds
5 Year Notes
2 Year Notes
DJIA Index
Acceptable orders: Market, Market on Close, Limit, Stop, and Fill or Kill Orders
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Location: Chicago, IL
Commodities
Live Cattle
Lean Hogs
Lumber
Feeder Cattle
Pork Bellies
Acceptable orders: All futures orders are acceptable.
Index and Option Market
Commodities
S&P 500
Mid-cap 400
NASDAQ 100
Acceptable orders: All futures orders are acceptable.
International Monetary Exchange
Location: Chicago, IL
Commodities
T-Bills
Euro Dollars
Canadian Dollar
Euro Currency
Australian Dollar
Mexican Peso
Euro Yen
Japanese Yen
British Pound
Swiss Franc
Acceptable orders: All futures orders are acceptable.
New York Comex
Location: New York, NY
Commodities
Copper
Acceptable orders: For Copper only, acceptable are Market, Market on Close, Limit, Stop, and Fill or Kill.
Commodities
Gold
Silver
Acceptable orders: For Gold and Silver, acceptable are Market, Market on Close, Limit, Stop, and Fill or Kill. Stop Limits are acceptable only on a not-held basis.
New York Cotton Exchange
Location: New York, NY
Commodities
Cotton
Orange Juice
Dollar Index
Acceptable orders: Market, Market on Close, Limit, Stop, and Fill or Kill.
New York Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange
Location: New York, NY
Commodities
Coffee
Sugar
Cocoa
Acceptable orders: All futures orders are acceptable.
New York Mercantile Exchange
Location: New York, NY
Commodities
Unleaded Gasoline
Platinum
Palladium
Heating Oil
Crude Oil Natural Gas
Acceptable orders: All futures orders are acceptable.
New York Futures Exchange
Location: New York, NY
Commodities
New York Stock Exchange Index
CRB Index
Acceptable orders: All futures orders are acceptable.
Kansas City Board of Trade
Location: Kansas City, MO
Commodities
Kansas City Value Line
Kansas City Mini Value Line
Acceptable orders: All futures orders are acceptable.
Kansas City Wheat
Acceptable orders: Market, Market on Close, Limit, Stop and Fill or Kill.
Minneapolis Board of Trade
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Commodities
Minneapolis Wheat
Minneapolis White Wheat
Acceptable orders: All futures orders are acceptable.
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