Commodities Prices - Barchart.com (2024)

The Futures Commodity Groupings page lists the lead contracts of the major North American and European Futures Markets.

Broken down into different commodity groups, you will see new price data appear on the page as indicated by a "flash". Futures prices are delayed 10 minutes, per exchange rules, and are listed in CT.

Time Frames

Choose from one of two time-frames from the drop-down list found in the data table's toolbar:

Intraday - Intraday prices by commodity will always show prices from the latest session of the market. The 's' after the last price indicates the price has settled for the day.

End-of-Day - End-of-day prices by commodity are updated by 7pm CT each evening, and include the previous session's Volume and Open Interest information.

Data Updates

For pages showing Intraday views, we use the current session's data with new price data appear on the page as indicated by a "flash". Stocks: 15 minute delay (Cboe BZX data for U.S. equities is real-time), ET. Volume reflects consolidated markets. Futures and Forex: 10 or 15 minute delay, CT.

The list of symbols included on the page is updated every 10 minutes throughout the trading day. However, new stocks are not automatically added to or re-ranked on the page until the site performs its 10-minute update.

For reference, we include the date and timestamp of when the list was last updated at the top right of the page.

Page Sort

Pages are initially sorted in a specific order (depending on the data presented). You can re-sort the page by clicking on any of the column headings in the table.

Views

Most data tables can be analyzed using "Views." A View simply presents the symbols on the page with a different set of columns. Site members can also display the page using Custom Views.

Each View has a "Links" column on the far right to access a symbol's Quote Overview, Chart, Options Quotes (when available), Barchart Opinion, and Technical Analysis page. Standard Views found throughout the site include:

  • Main View: Symbol, Name, Last Price, Change, Percent Change, High, Low, Volume, and Time of Last Trade.
  • Technical View: Symbol, Name, Last Price, Today's Opinion, 20-Day Relative Strength, 20-Day Historic Volatility, 20-Day Average Volume, 52-Week High and 52-Week Low.
  • Performance View: Symbol, Name, Last Price, Weighted Alpha, YTD Percent Change, 1-Month, 3-Month and 1-Year Percent Change.
  • Fundamental View: Available only on equity pages, shows Symbol, Name, Market Cap, P/E Ratio (trailing 12 months). Earnings Per Share (trailing 12 months), Net Income, Beta, Annual Dividend, and Dividend Yield.
    Note
    : For all markets except U.S. equities, fundamental data is not licensed for downloading. Your .csv file will show "N/L" for "not licensed" when downloading from a Canadian, UK, Australian, or European stocks page.
  • Mini-Chart View: Available for Barchart Plus and Premier Members, this view displays 12 small charts per page for the symbols shown in the data table. You may change the bar type and time frame for the Mini-Charts as you scroll through the page. The default settings for Mini-Charts are found in your Site Preferences, under "Overview Charts".
  • Pre-Post Market Data: Available for Barchart Plus and Premier Members, this view will show any pre- or post-market price activity for U.S. equities only.
View Symbol More Data (+)

Unique to Barchart.com, data tables contain an option that allows you to see more data for the symbol without leaving the page. Click the "+" icon in the first column (on the left) to view more data for the selected symbol. Scroll through widgets of the different content available for the symbol. Click on any of the widgets to go to the full page. The "More Data" widgets are also available from the Links column of the right side of the data table.

Horizontal Scroll on Wide Tables

Especially when using a custom view, you may find that the number of columns chosen exceeds the available space to show all the data. In this case, the table must be horizontally scrolled (left to right) to view all of the information. To do this, you can either scroll to the bottom of the table and use the table's scrollbar, or you can scroll the table using your browser's built-in scroll:

  • Left-click with your mouse anywhere on the table.
  • Use your keyboard's left and right arrows to scroll the table.
  • Repeat this anywhere as you move through the table to enable horizontal scrolling.
Flipcharts

Also unique to Barchart, Flipcharts allow you to scroll through all the symbols on the table in a chart view. While viewing Flipcharts, you can apply a custom chart template, further customizing the way you can analyze the symbols. Flipcharts are a free tool available to Site Members.

Note: Flipcharts, unlike the full-page chart or Dashboard, does not stream updated data to the chart.

Download

Download is a free tool available to Site Members. This tool will download a .csv file for the View being displayed. For dynamically-generated tables (such as a Stock or ETF Screener) where you see more than 1000 rows of data, the download will be limited to only the first 1000 records on the table. For other static pages (such as the Russell 3000 Components list) all rows will be downloaded.

Free members are limited to 1 site download per day. Barchart Plus Members have 10 downloads per day, while Barchart Premier Members may download up to 250 .csv files per day.

Note: Due to licensing restrictions, Canadian fundamental data cannot be downloaded from Barchart.com. You will see "N/L" in a downloaded column when this is the case.

Should you require more than 250 downloads per day, please contact Barchart Sales at 866-333-7587 or email solutions@barchart.com for more information or additional options about historical market data.

Commodities Prices - Barchart.com (2024)

FAQs

How do you read a commodity price chart? ›

In the case of a daily chart, the top of the line would be the day's high traded price, the bottom corresponds with the day's low price, and the tick on the right side of the line is the closing price. On some charts, there is also a tick on the left side of each vertical line denoting the opening price for the period.

What is a bar chart for price? ›

A bar chart visually depicts the opening, high, low, and closing prices of an asset or security over a specified period of time. The vertical line on a price bar represents the high and low prices for the period. The left and right horizontal lines on each price bar represent the opening and closing prices.

What are the grain markets doing today? ›

My Grain Bids
CommodityLastChange
Corn452-4s-4-4
Soybeans1228s-0+11-6
Wheat651-2s-12-0
Cotton0.7589s-0.0035
2 more rows

What is open interest in Barchart futures? ›

Open Interest is simply the number of outstanding futures (or options) contracts for a particular commodity. In the futures markets, when one trader buys a futures contract, another trader necessarily sells one contract.

How do you analyze a price chart? ›

Price charts
  1. Reading a price chart. Charts are at the heart of trading. ...
  2. TIME:X-Axis (Left to Right) The time component of a price chart is read on the x-axis (left to right). ...
  3. PRICE:Y-Axis (Top to Bottom) The price of an instrument is read on the vertical axis. ...
  4. Price components.

What is the best indicator for commodity trading? ›

Oscillators like the RSI or a Bollinger Bands strategy allow traders to see weakening trends and impending reversals, important for any mean reversion strategy.
  • 1: Support and resistance. ...
  • 2: Candlestick charts. ...
  • 3: Relative Strength Index (RSI) ...
  • 4: Bollinger Bands. ...
  • 5: Moving averages.

Is barchart.com any good? ›

Barchart Charting Platform Review

Barchart.com is also an excellent charting platform if you need to run some technical analysis. Included in the charts are fully customizable settings and indicators.

How to read bars in trading? ›

The vertical height of the bar reflects the range between the high and low price of the bar period. The price bar also records the period's opening and closing prices with attached horizontal lines; the left line represents the open, and the right line represents the close.

Who are the big 4 grain traders? ›

Overview. The world's largest commodity traders have a significant impact on the modern agri-food system. Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus, are dominant traders of grain globally and central to the food system, but their role is poorly understood.

What time of year are grain prices the highest? ›

Grain price seasonality in the U.S. generally results in low grain prices during the fall harvest period due to abundant supply. The uncertainty of early summer tends to allow plenty of price fluctuation and volatility, which usually causes grain prices to reach their annual high levels.

What is the current price for a bushel of corn? ›

The price shown is in U.S. Dollars per bushel. The current price of corn as of May 17, 2024 is $4.5275 per bushel.

Is open interest bullish or bearish? ›

Rising open interest usually means that there is new buying happening, which is a bullish trend. However, if open interest grows too high, it can sometimes be a bearish signal that indicates a coming change in market trends.

Is open interest a buy or sell? ›

Defining Open Interest

It indicates how many contracts of a particular future or option are open on the market at the moment. This number changes throughout the day as traders buy and sell contracts. Traders closely monitor open interest as a crucial indicator of the market's trending direction.

Can you trade on Barchart? ›

Barchart Trader supports electronic futures trading through any FCM that routes through the CQG order gateway. Barchart Trader also allows you to create one or more paper trading accounts to simulate actual trading and perfect your trading skills. There are several ways to execute trades with Barchart Trader.

How do commodity prices work? ›

Supply and demand play a big role in the way commodities are priced in the market. When supply is low, demand is high, which leads to higher prices. Prices drop when the situation reverses—when supply is high and demand is low.

How do you read a price volume chart? ›

Understanding a Price by Volume Charts

Some price by volume charts also delineate the difference between buying and selling volume by shading sections green or red. These insights can be especially useful for characterizing price points as either heavy resistance or heavy support levels rather than generic levels.

How to monitor commodity prices? ›

Bar charts and candlestick charts show more information, such as the opening, high, low, and closing prices of commodities, as well as the direction and magnitude of price changes. Point and figure charts are useful for identifying support and resistance levels, but they ignore time and volume.

How to read mcx chart? ›

How to read stock charts?
  1. Day's Open: is the stock price when trading begins.
  2. Day's Close: is the stock price at the end of a trading day.
  3. Day's High: is the highest price of the stock during the day.
  4. Day's Low: is the lowest price that the stock traded at during the day.

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