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Put up to four markets on the same ruler. The shapes do most of the explaining.

EXITSWINGLEVERAGECARRYFRAUDNO RECOURSEBARRIEREXPERTISE
  • Copper 50 Demanding A professional market that individuals can mostly reach only through leverage — so the shape leans towards leverage and cycle risk.
  • Wheat 53 Tough A hedger's market — leveraged futures, weather-driven swings and basis risk that only specialists price well.
  Copper Wheat
Exit difficulty 2 2
Volatility 4 4
Leverage 4 4
Carry cost 3 3
Fraud risk 2 2
Protection gap 3 3
Barrier to entry 3 3
Expertise needed 3 4
Difficulty 50 Demanding 53 Tough
In a sentence The metal that wires everything, watched closely enough as an economic indicator to have earned the nickname Dr Copper.The commodity that feeds more people than any other, hedged by farmers and millers and traded on weather forecasts from four continents.
Unit Metric tonne (LME) or pound (COMEX) Bushel (US) or metric tonne (Europe)
Smallest realistic trade One LME lot of 25 tonnes; retail via ETC or spread bet CME lot of 5,000 bushels; ICE London feed wheat in 100-tonne lots
Settlement LME dates including the distinctive three-month prompt Physical delivery against warehouse receipts, or cash settlement

The fingerprint measures how demanding a market is to take part in. It is not a rating or a recommendation.