In their quest for trading commodities profitably, beginning traders spend a substantial amount of time studying market theory, various types of market analysis, and paper-trading in the futures and options markets.

Yet, almost all of them fail to take the necessary steps to ensure their trading environment is conducive for the profits they seek.

In this Commodities Trading For Dummies book, you will discover: - The basics of supply and demand - Income and population - Stocks - Costs - Interest rates - Weather - Commodity cycles - The role of expectations - Fossil fuels - Low carbon energy - Ferrous metal And so much more! The readers are sure to walk away with a better understanding of the futures and options market, but more importantly with the benefit of years of market lessons learned without the expensive lessons.