CBOT - Agricultural

March 2008 Monthly Agricultural Grain Update

An up-to-date, graphical overview of CBOT Agricultural futures and Options trading activity including volume and open interest charts, hourly volumes,and electronic vs. open outcry comparisons.

	New Electronic Trading Hours for Legacy-CBOT Agricultural Products Effective January 13, 2008, legacy-CBOT agricultural products will transition from e-cbot to the CME Globex electronic trading platform. With this transition, electronic trading of these futures and options contracts will open 30 minutes earlier at 6:00 p.m. and will open on a simultaneous, rather than staggered, basis.11.05.07
	Extended Hours and Lower Exchange Fees for Mini-Ag Contracts Beginning November 9, 2007, CME Group's electronically traded Mini-sized Soybeans, Mini-sized Corn and Mini-sized Wheat futures are available when you are - during Asian and European daytime market hours and now during primary U.S. market hours, side-by-side with the trading floor. Increasing accessibility to a global marketplace. Driving liquidity.01.04.08

Agricultural Tutorial

Learn to understand the ins and outs of the agricultural market! Differences between cash and futures, margins, speculators, hedgers, and types of orders are all covered. Find out about technical market analysis - and even how to open a trading account!

Agricultural Options Tutorial

Learn the fundamentals of agricultural options including terminology, concepts, pricing and strategies through this interactive tutorial. Find out what has made the agricultural options markets grow to be a successful component of the futures industry since 1984 by exploring the advantages and disadvantages of both risk management and trading strategies using commodity options.

Product	Month	Price	Change

Corn	08Jul	614'6	14'4

Soybeans	08Jul	1342'4	15'4

Soybean Oil	08Jul	61.28	0.72

Soybean Meal	08Jul	338.5	0.0

SA Soybeans

Wheat	08Jul	805'4	1'0

Oats	08Jul	410'0	3'0

Ethanol

Rough Rice	08Jul	22.740	0.235

mini Corn	08Dec	637'6	12'2

mini Soybeans	08Nov	1289'2	14'4

mini Wheat	08Jul	805'4	1'0

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