Tools / Commodities

CME, NYMEX, COMEX, and ICE commodity futures from direct exchange feeds. Energy (CL, NG, RB, HO), metals (GC, SI, HG, PA, PL), agriculture (ZC, ZW, ZS), softs (SB, KC, CC, CT). Spot prices, forward curves, OHLCV, settlements, OI, options, and spread analysis.

Spot Price

Get the front-month futures price for a commodity including open, high, low, close, official settlement, volume, and open interest. Supports all CME/NYMEX/COMEX commodities and ICE soft commodities with a raw contract code.

Returns: Front-month contract with open, high, low, close, settlement, volume, open interest, exchange, and expiration

Term Structure

Fetch the full forward curve for a CME/NYMEX/COMEX commodity showing settlement prices across all active contract months. Identifies whether the market is in contango (forward prices higher) or backwardation (forward prices lower).

Returns: Line chart of settlement prices by contract month, market structure classification, and table of all curve points

Price History

OHLCV price history for a commodity continuous contract at daily, hourly, or minute intervals. Uses CME/NYMEX/COMEX continuous front-month with calendar or open-interest roll rules.

Returns: OHLCV bars as a line chart of close prices, with full bars array and summary statistics

Settlement Prices

Official daily settlement prices and open interest for all active contract months of a CME/NYMEX/COMEX commodity over a date range. Settlement prices are the official end-of-day reference prices used for mark-to-market and margin calculations.

Returns: Table of daily official settlement prices by contract, with open interest per contract per day

Open Interest

Total open interest trend for a commodity complex over a date range. Aggregates open interest across all active contracts per day to show market participation trends. Rising OI with rising prices confirms a trend; rising OI with falling prices signals a bearish trend.

Returns: Line chart of total open interest by date, with latest OI, min/max, and percentage change over period

Options Activity

Options volume and open interest for CME commodity futures options. Returns calls and/or puts sorted by volume/OI ratio to surface the most actively traded contracts relative to existing positions. Supports CL, GC, SI, NG, ZC, ZW, ZS, and HG.

Returns: Table of options sorted by volume/OI ratio with strike, expiry, type, volume, open interest, and last price

Spread Analysis

Commodity spread and ratio analysis over time with statistical signals. Predefined spreads: crack (CL/RB), soy crush (ZS/ZL), gold/silver ratio. Also calendar spreads for any commodity or custom two-leg spreads. Returns mean, stdev, and z-score to identify statistically extreme readings.

Returns: Line chart of spread/ratio over time with current value, historical mean, standard deviation, and z-score signal