18.14 Commodity options market
18.14 Commodity options market
The commodity options market is simply a market in which producers may purchase the opportunity to sell or...
18.13 First trade basics
18.13 First trade basics
Since futures are contracts for future date, you should know the current spot market price of...
18.12 Trading orders & market timings
18.12 Trading orders & market timings
As in the case of stocks, most of the exchanges, the best five buy and sell orders for every contract available for...
18.11 Margins for trading in futures
18.11 Margins for trading in futures
Margin is the deposit money that needs to be paid to buy or sell each contract. The margin required for a...
18.10 Participants in these markets
18.10 Participants in these markets
The commodities market will have three broad categories of market participants apart from brokers and...
18.9 How commodity market is organised in India?
18.9 How commodity market is organised in India?
In India, commodity trading is taking place through spot market and forward and futures contracts.
18.8 What is unique about commodities?
18.8 What is unique about commodities?
From an investor’s point of view, commodity investment has certain unique features as it is...
18.7 How to invest in commodities?
18.7 How to invest in commodities?
So, what are the options for investing in commodities? As an investor, people can use many vehicles in...
18.6 Commodity as an investment opportunity
18.6 Commodity as an investment opportunity
Commodity trading carries a lower downside risk than other asset classes, as pricing in...
18.5 Commodities as alternative asset
18.5 Commodities as alternative asset
A commonly used approach is to consider as an asset class any instrument
18.4 Commodities traded in India
18.4 Commodities traded in India
The different commodities that trade on various commodity exchanges can broadly be classified as below
18.3 Commodity exchanges in India
18.3 Commodity exchanges in India
Just as stocks and stock derivatives are traded in stock exchanges, commodity derivatives are traded in commodity exchanges.