what is a commodity 
commodities are agricultural products or raw materials that can be bought sold or traded commodities are broken down into four basic groups energy such as gasoline crude oil and natural gas agriculture such as wheat coffee sugar and corn livestock such as pork bellies and cattle metals such as gold silver and copper commodity prices are heavily dependent on supply and demand and as such are often greatly influenced by weather natural disasters and geopolitical events as a result strong fundamental analysis is crucial to successful commodities trading 