System and method for physicals commodity trading

A method for establishing an electronic commodity marketplace, comprising the steps of:

• permitting access to the online marketplace to a plurality of types of commodity trading participants;
• receiving selections of trading partners from a particular participant relating to other participants with which the particular participant will deal with in the marketplace;
• receiving a plurality of trade orders or counter proposals, each from any of the participants;
• and
• providing information regarding each trade order or counter proposal to all participants.

A method for providing commodity trading over the Internet comprising the steps of:

• providing a trading engine configured to:
• receive a plurality of orders, each order associated with one of a plurality of traders,
• identify a pair of matching orders from among the plurality of orders, and
• automatically execute the matching pair without requiring manual intervention by a trader;
• receiving data relating to a trader, said information relating to a futures position of the trader;
• receiving financial data relating to the trader, said information relating to a bank account and dept obligation of the trader;
• calculating a physicals position of the trader;
• and
• providing the trader with an accounting statement based on the futures position, the financial data and the physicals position.

A method for providing commodity trading over the Internet comprising the steps of:

• providing a trading engine configured to:
• receive a plurality of orders, each order associated with one of a plurality of traders,
• identify a pair of matching orders from among the plurality of orders, and
• automatically execute the matching pair of orders without requiring manual intervention by a trader;
• storing a plurality of forms, each of said forms containing industry standard provisions and terms;
• receiving a request from a particular trader associated with the executed matching pair to select one of the forms;
• and
• forwarding to the particular trader the selected one form.

A method for providing commodity trading over the Internet comprising the steps of:

• providing a trading engine configured to:
• receive a plurality of orders, each order associated with one of a plurality of traders,
• identify a pair of matching orders from among the plurality of orders, and
• automatically execute the matching pair of orders without requiring manual intervention by a trader;
• assessing a trader's risk position in real-time;
• and
• forwarding the assessed risk position to the trader.

A method for providing commodity trading over the Internet comprising the steps of:

• providing a trading engine configured to:
• receive a plurality of orders, each order associated with one of a plurality of traders,
• identify a pair of matching orders from among the plurality of orders, and
• automatically execute the matching pair of orders without requiring manual intervention by a trader;
• receiving information related to commodities via one or more data feeds and internally collected data;
• parsing the information to identify a time, date and identifier associated with one or more activities of interest to at least some of the traders;
• and
• populating a calendar with entries of the identified time, data and identifier.

A method for providing commodity trading over the Internet comprising the steps of:

• providing a trading engine configured to:
• receive a plurality of orders, each order associated with one of a plurality of traders,
• identify a pair of matching orders from among the plurality of orders, and
• automatically execute the matching pair of orders without requiring manual intervention by a trader;
• storing a plurality of rule sets, each rule set associated with a trader;
• and
• automatically executing the rule set in response to any order submitted to the trading engine.

A method for providing commodity trading over the Internet comprising the steps of:

• providing a trading engine configured to:
• receive a plurality of orders, each order associated with one of a plurality of traders,
• identify a pair of matching orders from among the plurality of orders, and
• automatically execute the matching pair of orders without requiring manual intervention by a trader;
• receiving information related to a trader's position, market history, and upcoming events affecting commodities;
• and
• evaluating profit making opportunities based on the received information.

A method for providing commodity trading over the Internet comprising the steps of:

• providing a trading engine configured to:
• receive a plurality of orders, each order associated with one of a plurality of traders,
• identify a pair of matching orders from among the plurality of orders, and
• automatically execute the matching pair of orders without requiring manual intervention by a trader;
• calculating profits and losses versus budgeted at the time of an executed trade,
• wherein the profits and losses are broken down by each component of the trade.

A method for providing commodity trading over the Internet comprising the steps of:

• providing a trading engine configured to:
• receive a plurality of orders, each order associated with one of a plurality of traders,
• identify a pair of matching orders from among the plurality of orders, and
• automatically execute the matching pair of orders without requiring manual intervention by a trader;
• receiving from a trader information related to an exporter's effect on a commodity;
• calculate a most profitable schedule of sales and exports based on the information, future's values, and a system's rate board.