Invest in all types of commodities with Interactive Brokers. Investors can make money with various assets, not just stocks and real estate. Expanding to different asset classes helps investors ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Trading commodities is an ancient profession with a longer history than the trade in stocks, bonds, and, according to many anthropologists, money. The rise of numerous empires can be directly linked ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The primary difference between a futures contract and a commodity option contract is that a futures contract obligates a trader to buy or sell the underlying commodity. Along with this, commodity ...

Energy traders saw their profits spike during the pandemic, and continue to perform well in 2022. BP has managed to build one of the most successful energy trading ventures. Massive trading floors ...

What are commodities and securities? Commodities are products, such as electricity, raw materials or agricultural goods, that can be bought and sold. Some commodities, like electricity, do not have a ...

President Donald Trump's auto and retaliatory tariffs on key U.S. trading partners are contributing to market volatility. Trump also recently noted he will impose 25% tariffs on imports from countries ...