Click here for your Free Commodity Investment E Guide

The backbone of the futures and options markets are the exchanges. It is their integrity and financial strength that makes it all possible. Futures trading follows the sun around the globe and here are a few of those exchanges that span the globe.

Chicago Board of Trade (CBT) http://www.cbt.com

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) http://www.cme.com

London International Futures & Options Exchange (LIFFE) http://www.liffe.com

Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE) http://www.mgex.com

New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) http://www.nybot.com

New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) http://www.nymex.com

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) http://www.tocom.or.jp

Knowledge is necessary and you will want various news sources. T & K Futures and Options Inc. uses many of the following sources:

Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com  

Fox News http://www.foxnews.com   

The futures and options markets are highly regulated. Our two main regulatory agencies are:

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) http://www.cftc.gov

National Futures Association (NFA) http://www.nfa.futures.org

Many supply and demand reports come out weekly, monthly and quarterly. It is  important for you fundamental analysts out there to have that data.

American Petroleum Institute http://www.api.org

Department of Energy http://www.energy.gov

United States Department of Agriculture http://www.usda.gov

The American Gas Association http://www.aga.org 

World Gold Council  http://www.gold.org

Copper Development Association  http://www.copper.org

USDA Foreign Ag. Service  http://www.fas.usda.gov

International Cocoa Organization  http://www.icco.org 

Sugar Online  http://www.sugarinfo.co.uk

If you are trading a futures or options contract that grows out of the ground, you better follow the weather patterns over the major growing areas.

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association http://www.noaa.com

Weather Channel http://www.weather.com

The larger commercial traders and hedgers as well as large and small speculators disclose their positions in the futures and options markets each week in the commitment of traders report.

C.F.T.C. commitment of traders report http://www.cftc.gov/cftc/cftccotreports.htm 

You might want a charting service.

http://www.investorsintelligence.com 

The above mentioned links are given to you to use as a general reference  tool. T & K Futures and Options Inc. in no way guarantees their relevance, accuracy or completeness. Statements, facts, quotes, data and information contained herein are gathered from various sources that are believed to be reliable. T & K Futures and Options Inc. cannot guarantee its accuracy, timeliness or completeness. No responsibility is assumed with respect to any such statements, facts, quotes, data and information. T & K Futures and Options in no way advocates or recommends using any of the above mentioned resources.