What does the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission mean by "Commercial"?
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The CFTC reports a weekly Commitment of Traders report for commodity futures. They split the commitment between "non-commercial" and "commercial". Is non-commercial individual investors? Is commercial investment banks and funds?
According to the glossary on their site, they define "commercial" as
"An entity involved in the production, processing, or merchandising of a commodity."
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February 27th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
According to the glossary on their site, they define "commercial" as
"An entity involved in the production, processing, or merchandising of a commodity."
References :
http://www.cftc.gov/educationcenter/glossary/glossary_co.html