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Unified Global Commodities Futures Market Data
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Presents a unified collection of futures data spanning diverse commodity categories. This offering brings together various individual datasets to provide a holistic view of the commodities futures market. It is specifically designed for users intending to utilise data from multiple categories simultaneously. For more detailed exploration of specific commodities, individual category datasets are also obtainable.
Columns
The dataset contains 9 key fields related to futures trading:
- ticker: The unique market quotation symbol assigned to the commodity future.
- commodity: Specifies the precise type of commodity represented by the futures contract (e.g., crude oil, gold, wheat).
- category: The broader category the commodity belongs to (e.g., precious metals, fuels, agricultural products).
- date: The date the data was recorded, following the YYYY-MM-DD format.
- open: The price at which the market opened for the trading day.
- high: The maximum price attained during the trading session.
- low: The minimum traded price throughout the day.
- close: The market's closing price.
- volume: The total number of contracts traded during the session.
Distribution
The primary data file is
all_commodities_futures_collection.csv, provided in CSV format. The file size is approximately 14.02 MB and contains 135,000 valid records across 9 columns. The structure includes both the consolidated master file and separate individual files located in the individual_data/ directory, facilitating both wide-ranging and targeted explorations.Usage
This collection supports various analytical and predictive objectives:
- Market Analysis: Investigating price trends across differing commodities and identifying potential correlations or interdependencies.
- Machine Learning: Utilising the diverse historical data for training, testing, and forecasting models related to futures prices.
- Educational Purpose: Serving as a resource for teaching and understanding economic principles and market behaviour within the futures market.
Coverage
The data covers five main commodity categories: Agricultural Commodities, Grains and Cereals, Fuels and Energy Futures, Precious Metals Futures, and Animal Products Futures. The time range spans over two decades, running from January 3, 2000, up to June 24, 2024. The expected update frequency for this dataset is daily.
License
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Who Can Use It
- Financial Analysts: For detailed market trend investigation and cross-commodity relationship study.
- Data Scientists/ML Practitioners: For building and validating predictive models for future pricing.
- Academics and Students: For studying economic principles and market behaviour in an educational setting.
- Investors: Seeking historical data points across varied sectors of the commodities market.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Unified Global Commodities Futures Market Data
- Daily Futures Pricing Collection (2000-2024)
- Multi-Category Commodity Futures Historical Data
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Original Data Source:Unified Global Commodities Futures Market Data
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