What are soybean futures?

Soybean futures are an easy, liquid tool for speculating or hedging against price movements for one of the world’s most widely grown crops. Seek rewards, manage risks and diversify your portfolio. Our global contracts enable you to trade around the new crop of the northern hemisphere in November and the South American new crop in May.

How much is a soybean futures contract?

One soybean futures contract is equivalent to 5,000 bushels (about 135 metric tons) of soybean, and the price quotation is in cents per bushel. 4. How do you start trading soybean futures?

Where are soybean futures traded?

Soybean futures are also traded at exchanges in Brazil, Argentina, China, and Tokyo. Prices - CME soybean futures prices (Barchart.com symbol ZS) traded sideways to lower into Q2 of 2023 and posted a 2-year low of $12.71 per bushel in May.