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How to Trade Commodity Futures – TheStreet. Commodity futures trading involves buying and selling contracts for the future delivery of physical raw materials, explains Mark Hansen, director of trading at New York-based specialty commodities firm CPM Group. A farmer wanting to be sure of a price for a product would sell a contract for future delivery at a price agreed to now . CME – Cramer’s Take – Stockpickr ). Although making the actual futures contract trade is similar to buying or selling shares of a stock, the trade is different in an important way. Unlike trading shares of stock, almost all futures are bought and sold on margin . read more

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