Meaning of Commodity Market

A commodity market is the market place where raw form of commodities are transacted. Those commodities have certain value, standard, measurement and liquidity properties.

There are a number of specific commodities and commodity groupings. 

- In the metals commodity market, gold, silver, copper, platinum, aluminum, etc are some of the main raw metal commodities.
- Meat commodities are raw products like pork bellies and live cattle.(Bacon comes from pork bellies)
- In the metals commodity market, gold, silver, copper, platinum, aluminum, etc are some of the main raw metal commodities.
- Meat commodities are raw products like pork bellies and live cattle.(Bacon comes from pork bellies)
- Meat commodities are raw products like pork bellies and live cattle.(Bacon comes from pork bellies)
- Agricultural commodities include raw "grains" like corn, oats and wheat.
There are also the 'soft' commodities, including Orange Juice, Coffee, Sugar and Lumber.
And Energy commodities, including Crude Oil, Gasoline, Heating Oil.
- Financial commodities include Treasury Bills, T-Bonds and Currencies.

Some popular types of trading instruments