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Noncommercial Trader
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Noncommercial Trader
A trader on a futures exchange who conducts transactions on commodities for speculative reasons. That is, if a noncommercial trader buys a futures contract for corn, he/she will not need the corn for his/her business purposes when the contract matures. Rather, the trader enters that contract to profit from the movement of price in the meantime. A noncommercial trader may be an individual, but is often an institutional investor such as a hedge fund. The term "noncommercial trader" is used by the CFTC.
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This was shown by the figures in the Commitments of Traders report released last week by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a closely watched data set which shows the relative buy and sell positions of the largest commercial and noncommercial traders.
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Noncommercial traders are described as speculators, or firms taking positions in the futures market not as a hedge but as speculation on exchange rate movements.
Exchange rate changes and net positions of speculators in the futures ... by Klitgaard, Thomas; Weir, Laura / Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economic Policy Review
The trend has been down, Saal said, noting that noncommercial traders were net short over 35,000 contracts as of May 17.
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