These charts show the next years' worth of open contracts. I use them to determine which contracts are in backwardation and which are in contango and if any of these relationships have changed. This is helpful for finding spread opportunities as well for determining the best month for an outright position (that is, a long or short position).

1. Pick a commodity.

2. Select the chart type. The jpegs are faster; the applets are interactive (zooming in is possible and there are data popups).

3. Press "Get Chart". There's a lot of data to download, so be patient.

This is a limited set of commodities available to nonsubscribers. Subscribers can access data for over 40 commodities.