What Commodities Can I Trade?
A wide variety of physical commodities markets are available to trade around the world, and new commodity futures contracts are continually being introduced.
North American exchanges that offer futures trading in physical commodities and their corresponding contract listings are listed here, although neither list is exhaustive.
Some of these commodities markets have limited liquidity and therefore can be more challenging to trade. Therefore, it is recommended you contact your commodity broker and learn more before decide to trade these markets. Click on each exchange's link below for more details on contract specifications.
- CBOT – Chicago Board of Trade
- CME – Chicago Mercantile Exchange
- KCBOT – Kansas City Board of Trade
- MGEX – Minneapolis Grain Exchange
- ICE Futures Canada (formerly WCE – Winnipeg Commodity Exchange)
- ICE Futures U.S. (formerly NYBOT – New York Board of Trade)
- NYMEX – New York Mercantile Exchange
| Contract-specific Links to Exchanges | |
| Chemicals | |
| Benzene | CME/GLOBEX |
| Mixed Xylenes | CME/GLOBEX |
| Energy | |
| Coal | ICE |
| Crude Oil, Brent | NYMEX |
| Crude Oil, Light Sweet | NYMEX |
Crude Oil, miNY |
NYMEX |
| Ethanol | ICE, CME |
| Gasoline, Unleaded | NYMEX |
| Heating Oil | NYMEX |
| Natural Gas, Henry Hub | NYMEX |
| Natural Gas, miNY |
NYMEX |
| PJM Electricity | NYMEX |
| Propane | NYMEX |
| Fertilizer | |
| Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) | CME/GLOBEX |
| Urea Ammonium Nitrate (UAN) | CME/GLOBEX |
| Urea | CME |
| Food & Fiber | |
| Butter | CME |
| Cocoa | ICE |
| Coffee "C" | ICE |
| Coffee "C" Mini | ICE |
| Cotton #2 | ICE |
| FCOJ | ICE |
| Milk – Class III | CME |
| Milk – Class IV | CME |
| Milk – Nonfat Dry | CME |
| Sugar, #11 World | ICE |
| Sugar, #14 Domestic | ICE |
| Grains & Oilseeds | |
| Barley, Western | ICE |
| Canola | ICE |
| Corn | CBOT |
| Corn, Mini | CBOT |
| Corn Index, National (NCI) | MGEX |
| Flaxseed | MGEX |
| Oats | CBOT |
| Rough Rice | CBOT |
| Soybeans | CBOT |
| Soybeans, mini | CBOT |
| Soybean Meal | CBOT |
| Soybean Oil | CBOT |
| Soybean Index, National (NSI) | MGEX |
| Wheat | CBOT |
| Wheat, Hard Red Winter | KCBOT |
| Wheat, mini | CBOT |
| Wheat, Feed | ICE |
| Wheat Index, National (HWI) | MGEX |
| Wheat, Spring (Hard Red) | MGEX |
| Indexes | |
| Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI) | CME |
| Reuters CRB Index | ICE |
| Livestock/Meat | |
| Feeder Cattle | CME |
| Live Cattle | CME |
| Lean Hogs | CME |
| Pork Bellies, Frozen | CME |
| Metals | |
| Aluminum | NYMEX |
| Copper | NYMEX |
| Gold | NYMEX |
| Gold, Mini | CBOT/e-cbot |
| Gold, 100 oz. | CBOT/e-cbot |
| Palladium | NYMEX |
| Platinum | NYMEX |
| Silver | NYMEX |
| Silver, Mini | CBOT/e-cbot |
| Silver, 5,000 oz. | CBOT/e-cbot |
| Wood | |
| Random Length Lumber | CME |
