Corn Futures Trading Basics: How to Trade the Corn Price 🌽

How to Buy Corn Commodities http://www.financial-spread-betting.c... PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE THIS VIDEO SO WE CAN DO MORE! Trading Corn. One of the bigger commodities out there (and one of the more volatile ones) is corn. Let's look at corn - what affects this commodity and what are its peculiarities? And how can we as traders potentially capitalise on trading opportunities taking advantage of supply/demand imbalances in this commodity.

How to Trade Corn Futures: How to Trade the Corn Price

Corn is planted in the spring and harvested in the autumn or fall (if you're in the USA). So the growing season is the most volatile period. Anything that could potentially damage the crop is going to have a significant effect on price. Speculators and market participants are going to be nervous and flocking to buy corn as they think that prices will be much higher in future. So obviously that's where we get the most volatility. In the winter season it is more about the demand rather than the supply of corn. 40% of corn goes into ethanol production. Extreme heat and drought in the mid-west are the biggest fear for farmers... You can trade corn using futures, options, ETFs, CFDs and spreadbets.