What is CBOT Market Profile?

Steve Dickey explains the development and application of Market Profile, the CBOT's proprietary tool for displaying trading activity. CBOT Market Profile was developed in 1982 by Peter Steidlmayer, a Chicago Board of Trade member and Mike Boyle, a vice-president of technology at the exchange.

Where can I find CBOT corn futures prices?

Prices are available from a variety of sources, including many daily newspapers. Most papers also report volume and open interest. Since wire services and newspapers vary in their format and terminology, here we will describe price-reporting formats in general terms, using CBOT Corn Futures Prices as an example.

When did the CBOT buy the New York Commodity Exchange?

The CBOT also negotiated to buy the New York Commodity Exchange, but the deal fell through in mid-1993. The CBOT set a new record for number of contracts traded in 1994, and began construction of a huge new trading floor in 1995. The new floor would be for face-to-face trading, the same system that had been in place since the CBOT's founding.