Agricultural products are the earliest commodities that constitute futures trading. Including grain futures, mainly wheat futures, corn futures, soybean futures, soybean meal futures, red bean futures, rice futures, peanut kernel futures, etc.

2 cash crop futures, including raw sugar, coffee, cocoa, orange juice, palm oil and rapeseed futures;

3. Livestock products futures

There are two main types of futures: meat products and fur products;

4. Forest products futures

There are mainly timber futures and natural rubber futures. At present, American exchanges, especially Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), are the main centers of agricultural futures.

5. Nonferrous metal futures

At present, there are 10 kinds of non-ferrous metals listed and traded in the international futures market, namely copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, tin, nickel, palladium, platinum, gold and silver. Among them, gold, silver, platinum, palladium and other futures are also called precious metal futures because of their high value.

6. Energy futures

Energy futures started at 1978. As a new commodity futures product, its trading is extremely active and its trading volume has been growing rapidly. At present, it is an important part of the international futures market, second only to agricultural products futures and interest rate futures, and surpassing metal futures.

Extended data:

After China's commodity futures trading volume ranked first in the world in 2009 and 20 10, the total turnover of the futures market in 2010 fell by more than 30% year-on-year, failing to achieve three consecutive championships.

However, as of June 5438+065438+ 10, the total volume of domestic commodity futures has reached12.08 million lots (excluding futures trading volume), compared with 2009 (10785 million lots) and 20 10 years (/kloc

According to industry insiders, the huge transaction of soybean meal futures in July and August of 20 1 1 added a lot of chips, and the two new varieties listed also performed equally, especially the listing of glass futures, which ranked among the top three in commodity futures trading. It is estimated that the total trading volume of domestic commodity futures will occupy the first place in the world.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-commodity futures