http://www.commandtrading.com All about trading Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:07:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.commandtrading.com/an-initiation-to-commodity-futures-trading.htm http://www.commandtrading.com/an-initiation-to-commodity-futures-trading.htm#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:40:16 +0000 admin http://www.commandtrading.com/an-initiation-to-commodity-futures-trading.htm How It All Began
Commodity futures trading, as we know it today, came about for the first time in Japan in the 17th century, where rice was traded in future contracts. It was a period when farmers and buyers came together and decided to commit to each other future prices negotiated on suitable terms in exchange of grain for money. For example, a dealer would agree to buy a ton of rice at the end of the next month for a certain price from a farmer. This would be ideal for both parties, as the farmer would know how much he would get for his rice in advance, and the buyer could plan to raise the money he needed for the purchase. Contracts such as these became more and more popular and common, and were even used as collateral for read more

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Commodity futures trading, as we know it today, came about for the first time in Japan in the 17th century, where rice was traded in future contracts. It was a period when farmers and buyers came together and decided to commit to each other future prices negotiated on suitable terms in exchange of grain for money. For example, a dealer would agree to buy a ton of rice at the end of the next month for a certain price from a farmer. This would be ideal for both parties, as the farmer would know how much he would get for his rice in advance, and the buyer could plan to raise the money he needed for the purchase. Contracts such as these became more and more popular and common, and were even used as collateral for read more

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