Since trading futures contracts can be a tricky venture, traders and investors may want visit the following sites and seek information from these major exchanges. Some among these offer a wealth of information about commodities & trading.



United States Exchanges:

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) - for corn, soybean, oil, wheat, oats, rice, gold and silver - at www.cbot.com it is the largest commodities exhange.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) - for corn, livestock (live and feeder cattle, hogs, pork bellies, oats, soybeans and wheat - at www.cme.com is a major futures and options trading exchange.

Kansas City Board of Trade (KC) - for wheat - at www.kcbot.com - offers help for the beginner in trading.

MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAM) - for wheat, corn and soybeans - at www.midam.com

Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MPLS) - for corn, soybeans, wheat - at www.mgex.com - as well as seafood futures for shrimp.

New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) for cocoa, coffee, sugar, cotton, orange juice - at www.nybot.com

Coffe, Sugar and Cocoa Exchage (CSCE) in New York at www.csce.com

New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE) - for cotton futures and options, propane futures - at www.nyce.com - this old exchange, founded in 1870.

New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) - for futures and options in oil, natural gas, precious metals (like platinum, palladium) silver, gold and industrial metals (aluminum, copper) at www.nymex.com - NYMEX resulted from the mergence of the New York Mercantile Exchange and Commodity Exchange of New York (1994)

Metals (COMEX) at www.comex.com

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Global/International Exchanges:

Brazil - Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros (BM&F) - for sugar, coffee, ethanol, soy, argricultural at www.bmf.com.br

Canada - Winnepeg Commodity Exchange ( WCE) - for canola, wheat, barley - at www.wce.ca

Hong Kong Futures Exchange - for cotton, sugar, gold futures - at www.hkfe.com it is now integrated into its holding company - Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.

London - International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) - for crude and gas oil, naptha and heavy fuel, at www.ipe.com

London - International Financial Futures Exchange - (LIFFE) - for cocoa, coffee, sugar and wheat at liffe.com

London Metal Exchange (LME) - for metals like aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, tin zinc- at www.lme.co.uk

Paris- Marche a Terme International de France (MATIF) - for corn, wheat- is now integrated into euronext.com to include futures and options for cocoa coffee, rapeseed and sugar.

South African Futures Exchange (SAFEX) - for agricultural, grains futures, at www.safex.co.za

Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) - for cattle, wool at www.sfe.com.au

Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TCE) - for metals, rubber, crude oil at www.tocom.or.jp

Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE) - exchange for corn, soybean, coffee, sugar at www.tge.or.jp

Yokohama Commodity Exchange (YCE) - for silk and potato/vegatables - at www.y-com.or.jp/english - A futures exchange started 1998 and ended 2006 as it became part of the Toyko Grain Exchange.

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