Commodity Quote Symbols

COMMODITY SYMBOLS

Commodity futures contracts are quoted with symbols. Commodity quotes have three parts. The 1 or 2 character Contract symbol, the one character Month symbol, and the last digit of the year in which the contract expires. The reference guide below will familiarize you with the commodity symbols so that you learn how to read futures and options prices.

Example: January 2009 Orange Juice Futures (OJF9)

OJ - Orange Juice, F - January, 9 - 2009

COMMODITY MONTH SYMBOLS

What are the commodity month symbols?

MONTH

SYMBOL

MONTH

SYMBOL

MONTH

SYMBOL

January

F

May

K

September

U

February

G

June

M

October

V

March

H

July

N

November

X

April

J

August

Q

December

Z

COMMODITY CONTRACT SYMBOLS

What are the commodity futures contract symbols?

CONTRACT

SYMBOL

CONTRACT

SYMBOL

FOOD & FIBER

GRAINS

COTTON

CT

COCOA

CO

FCOJ

OJ

LUMBER

LB

COFFEE

KC

SUGAR #11

SB

CORN

C

OATS

O

ROUGH RICE

RR

SOYBEANS

S

SOY MEAL

SM

BEAN OIL

BO

CBOT WHEAT

W

KCBT WHEAT

KW

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