Commodities

Trading commodities is extremely popular because of the choice they offer and their diversity in regards to what affects their prices. Commodities are inherently linked to the development of organized society – agriculture and mining are tightly intertwined with the history of the human race. Initially commodities were traded between themselves – a bushel of grain for oil, a copper ingot for sugar and spices – as economies and societies grew though so did the use of commodities. Today commodity trading is immensely popular as it is relatively easy to understand, driven largely by supply and demand and commodities tend to stay stable or even go up when stock prices go down.