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Soybean commentary: Futures rebound despite higher USDA stocks forecast
Soybean front-month July futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) rebounded on Friday May 10 with support from soybean oil and despite estimates of ample offer and ending stocks for the 2024/25 crop in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report.
May 13, 2024
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By the Fastmarkets team
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RBD soybean oil basis futures contracts: The benefits
As the Intercontinental Exchange launches the first RBD soybean oil futures contract, David Becker explains the advantages of having an exchange-traded derivative and how this will help protect against price volatility
March 28, 2024
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By David Becker
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CME lithium hydroxide futures volumes accelerate amid first GFEX delivery period
Learn more about the growth in lithium hydroxide futures contracts at the CME for January 2024
January 18, 2024
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By the Fastmarkets team
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Why your physical procurement contracts might be worth more than you think
Learn more about how you could generate additional revenue by selling your embedded options
December 11, 2023
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By David Becker
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How lithium and cobalt option contracts can help producers and consumers with hedging strategies
This week, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) launched option contracts on lithium hydroxide, which are cash-settled and differ from many of the CME commodity options on futures
November 22, 2023
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By David Becker
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Cobalt futures hedging: Deriving sentiment from the Commitment of Traders report
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission starts reporting cobalt futures position information
December 8, 2022
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By David Becker
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Avoiding the short squeeze: Hedge using financially settled futures contracts
Commodity risk management using pulp financial futures contracts
November 28, 2022
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By the Fastmarkets team, David Becker, Karen Shi
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New generation energy hedging: When should you mitigate your cobalt exposure?
Cobalt futures volume and open interest are accelerating on the CME
October 31, 2022
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By David Becker, Alexander Cook
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CME Group posts record daily volumes for aluminium futures contract in October
The CME Group has tripled the volumes traded on its physically delivered global aluminium futures contract since the first quarter of 2022 - reaching a single-day high of 7,929 contracts on October 5, with a daily average of about 3,000 contracts so far this month and open interest at a record 1,411 contracts on October 19
October 27, 2022
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By Carrie Bone
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How to use probability to make commodity hedging decisions
Using implied volatility to evaluate price targets
October 20, 2022
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By David Becker
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