§19 COMMODITIES¶
OVERVIEW¶
The Commodities page tracks 15 instruments across four categories in a single unified grid: four precious metals, three energy, two industrial metals, and six farm products. Prices shown live are from exchange-traded funds that track each commodity, so they are share prices in dollars, not the futures or spot price you may see on the news. A second layer of official government data gives you the actual commodity price series at its own pace.
Each card shows the latest price in the commodity's native unit, daily change, 52-week range position, and a 30-day sparkline. Clicking any card loads its chart in the panel above the grid.
Path: /commodities
Sidebar group: §MACRO
Commodity Symbols¶
| Commodity | Ticker Symbol | Primary Exchange |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminum | ALI/DBB | COMEX |
| Brent Crude | BZ/BNO | NYMEX / ICE |
| Coffee | KC/JO | ICE |
| Copper | HG/CPER | COMEX |
| Corn | ZC/CORN | CBOT |
| Cotton | CT/DBA | ICE |
| Crude Oil WTI | CL/USO | NYMEX |
| Gold | GC/GLD | COMEX |
| Natural Gas | NG/UNG | NYMEX |
| Palladium | PA/PAL | NYMEX |
| Platinum | PL/PPLT | NYMEX |
| Silver | SI/SLV | COMEX |
| Soybeans | ZS/SOYB | CBOT |
| Sugar | SB /SGG | ICE |
| Wheat | ZW/WEAT | CBOT |
Note: Depending on the financial platform you use (like Yahoo Finance or Bloomberg), these base symbols might have suffixes added to indicate the specific expiration month and year (e.g.,
CL=Ffor the front-month WTI Crude Oil futures contract).
AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTS¶
| Category | Instruments | Data source |
|---|---|---|
| Precious Metals | Gold (GLD), Silver (SLV), Platinum (PPLT), Palladium (PALL) | ETF proxies — live market price |
| Energy | Crude Oil WTI (DCOILWTICO → USO), Brent Crude (DCOILBRENTEU → BNO), Natural Gas (DHHNGSP → UNG) | Official daily/weekly series |
| Industrial Metals | Copper (PCOPPUSDM → CPER), Aluminum (PALUMUSDM → DBB) | Official monthly series |
| Agriculture | Corn (CORN), Wheat (WEAT), Soybeans (SOYB), Coffee (JO), Sugar (SGG), Cotton (DBA) | Official daily/monthly series |
Free account limit
Free accounts see five commodities: Gold, Silver, Crude Oil WTI, Natural Gas and Copper. Pro and Terminal show all 15.
FEATURES¶
Card fields¶
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
price |
Latest observation in native unit ($/bbl, $/mt, $/MMBtu, $/share for ETF proxies) |
change / changePercent |
Change vs. previous observation |
high52w / low52w |
52-week range from the last year of observations |
rangePercent |
Position within the 52w range — 0% = at the low, 100% = at the high |
sparkline |
Last 30 observations |
lastUpdated |
Date of the latest observation |
delayed |
Commodity series are end-of-day; ETF proxy prices are live fund quotes tagged LIVE; official government series are tagged MACRO and show their as-of date |
Live vs. Macro badges¶
Two badges appear at the top right of the page: LIVE (fund prices) and MACRO (official data). Live cards and the performance table use fund prices in dollars per share — not the commodity's spot price. The MACRO series panels show the real commodity series (e.g., crude oil in dollars per barrel, copper in dollars per tonne) along with their update schedule and as-of date. Crude oil and Brent update daily, natural gas weekly, and metals and farm products monthly.
Live Proxy Performance Table (Pro+)¶
Groups all 15 commodities for relative-performance ranking. Click any column heading — name, price, change, percent change, 52-week low, or 52-week high — to sort; click again to reverse. Click a row to load that commodity in the chart.
Macro Context strip (Pro+)¶
Five tiles showing the macro backdrop that drives commodity prices.
| Series | What it measures |
|---|---|
| DTWEXBGS | Trade-weighted USD — rising dollar is a headwind for dollar-priced commodities |
| CPIAUCSL | CPI YoY — commodity inflation lead |
| DGS10 | 10-Year Treasury yield — rising rates are a headwind for non-yielding gold |
| T10YIE | Breakeven inflation — market's forward inflation expectation |
| DCOILWTICO | WTI oil spot price |
AI Commodity Briefing (Pro+, Terminal)¶
Click [ AI_BRIEFING ] in the top right to open a side panel with a written briefing built from the live quotes. Use the refresh button in the panel to generate a new read.
Commodity News¶
A news feed at the bottom of the page filtered for commodity-relevant headlines — gold, oil, OPEC, natural gas, copper, wheat, corn, mining, platinum, palladium, and more. Click any headline to open the source article.
HOW TO USE¶
How to chart a commodity¶
- Open
Commoditiesfrom the Macro group in the sidebar. - Click a card in one of the groups: PRECIOUS_METALS, ENERGY, INDUSTRIAL_METALS, or AGRICULTURE. The selected card is highlighted and the chart at the top switches to it.
- Read the line above the chart: the name, price, change, and how fresh the quote is. The LIVE tag means it is a live fund quote. A MACRO tag means the number is official government data and shows its as-of date.
- Pick a timeframe from the box at the top left of the chart.
- Click Indicators to add studies, use Draw and the drawing menus to mark levels, or click the bell to set a price alert. The bell fills in the current price.
Each card also shows a 30-day trend and where the price sits inside its 52-week range.
How to tell live prices from macro data¶
- Look at the two badges at the top right of the page: LIVE (fund prices) and MACRO (official data).
- Live cards and the performance table use fund prices in dollars per share — not the commodity's spot price.
- Scroll to the MACRO series for the real commodity series, such as crude oil in dollars per barrel or copper in dollars per tonne. Each panel shows its update schedule and date. Crude oil and Brent are daily, natural gas is weekly, and the metals and farm products are monthly.
How to compare commodities¶
- Scroll to LIVE_PROXY_PERFORMANCE (Pro and Terminal).
- Click a column heading to sort. Choose the name, price, change, percent change, 52-week low, or 52-week high. Click again to reverse.
- Click a row to load that commodity in the chart.
How to read the macro backdrop¶
- Scroll to MACRO_CONTEXT (Pro and Terminal).
- Read the dollar index, year-over-year CPI, the 10-year Treasury yield, breakeven inflation, and the WTI oil spot price.
- A stronger dollar and higher real yields often press on gold and other commodities. Use this strip to see if that is happening today.
How to get an AI briefing¶
- Pro and Terminal accounts see AI_BRIEFING at the top right. Click it.
- A side panel opens with a written briefing built from the live quotes. Use the refresh button in the panel to ask again.
Common use cases
OPEC headline incoming — Check WTI vs. Brent spread in the Macro Context tile, then look at Crude Oil's 52-week range position to assess where price sits relative to recent history.
Inflation regime check — Copper signals industrial demand, Wheat/Corn/Soybeans signal food inflation, Crude/Natural Gas signal energy inflation. Compare each against CPI in the context tile.
Dollar-strength trade — Rising DXY alongside falling Gold is the classic risk-off tightening signal. Both are visible on the same screen.
Agricultural relative value — Coffee, Sugar, Cotton, Wheat, Corn, and Soybeans are all in one view. Useful for spread trades such as long Wheat / short Corn during weather events.
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS¶
No keyboard shortcut is assigned to /commodities. Access the page from the §MACRO group in the sidebar.
LIMITS¶
ETF proxy pricing for precious metals
Precious metals display ETF share prices, not spot ounce prices. GLD represents approximately 0.094 oz of gold per share, so the price shown is the ETF NAV proxy — not the spot price per troy ounce. For true spot ounce pricing a primary precious-metals feed is required.
Data latency
All commodity price series are end-of-day. ETF proxy prices are live fund quotes; official government series update on their own schedule (daily, weekly, or monthly). No intraday commodity data is available on this page.
Page caching
Your last view is kept for five minutes, so the page opens fast when you come back.
TROUBLESHOOTING¶
| Symptom | Explanation |
|---|---|
| The price looks different from the news | The live number is a fund share price, not spot or futures. |
| A macro panel shows an old date | Monthly series only update once a month. |
| Performance table and macro context are locked | They require a Pro or Terminal account. |