Where can I find a ticker for NYMEX commodities such as Natural Gas and Light Sweet Crude Oil?
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 at
9:26 pm
I’m looking for a ticker with spot prices specifically for natural gas (henry hub) and light sweet crude oil. So far, I’ve only found futures charts and end-of-day charts.
Filed under: Nymex Natural Gas Prices
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NYMEX is a commodities futures exchange and thus does not quote spot prices. Those prices are set by the traders in the market, usually based off of a NYMEX or Platts quote.
There are symbols for the products: Crude Oil (CL_ _), RBOB (RB_ _), Heating Oil (HO_ _), and Natural Gas (NG_ _). The first _ actually represents the month that trading is for. The letter does not correspond with the first letter of the month (for instance December is “Z”. The second _ corresponds to the last number of the year. So December RBOB would be “RBZ8.” A “Q” is added at the front to get the quote that is based off of Globex, or electronic trading.
I have only ever been able to see live price feeds off of dedicated trading platforms, such as ProphetX and CQG.
Hope I could help!