Transactions on the commodity exchanges fall into two broad categories: cash contracts and futures contracts. Accordingly, the commodity exchange may be a cash market or a futures market or may combine both. The cash contracts ...

Future trading is the most notable feature of business activity on the commodity exchange. In fact the commodity exchanges are organized mainly for futures contracts. The futures contracts are made for distinct purposes: speculation and ...

Speculative activities on commodity exchanges are undertaken by operators who have enough resources and speculate regularly. These operators are called brokers. Speculative deals on commodity exchanges fall into four categories. Firstly, there are forward deals ...

Like a stock exchange, a commodity exchange is also an organized market that functions under established rules and regulations. This market is meant for the purchase and sale of commodities. The commodities, which are generally ...