| Despite the hype about volume growth in the commodities market and its future, traders are finding it difficult to make money. In futures trading, people buy or sell contracts either to hedge risks as commercial producers or consumers of commodities or to seek gains as speculators or investors.
The futures trading market, which till some years ago, was associated with physical commodities like grains, livestock, coffee, sugar, cocoa, precious and industrial metals, among others, is today a much broader market for traders who now can either hedge or speculate. When we say gold prices moved up by 4% today, how many traders do you think made the most of this spike?.............................................Full Article: Source
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