Agricultural commodities are divided into several groups: grains and oilseeds, livestock, dairy, lumber, softs, biofuels. By trading in agricultural commodities, it gives the trader the possibility to 'lock-in' a certain harvest price for (a part of) their agricultural price, thus mitigating price risk.

Metals are being classified into a few categories – namely precious metals, ferrous metals, and base metals. They are being used in industrial processes, electronics, and chemical applications, automobiles, shipping, and construction.

Crude oil, natural gas, electricity, or coal are some of the most actively traded commodities energy contracts. Energy prices are extremely volatile, due to the fact that energy is possibly the most tactical and political product in the world. The volatility not only affects industries but nations, as well.

Traders and Investors making up of individual, investment managers, funds, corporations and financial institutions make us of currency futures to manage risks and profit from the opportunities arising from exchange rate fluctuations.

Equity index is a statistical indicator of changes in the market value of a certain group of shares or stocks. The Index futures are used by investors and traders for portfolio protection and revenue enhancement as they republicated the performance of an underlying equity market index.

Treasury-bill, Treasury-bonds are Eurodollar are some examples of interest rate futures. It is being use by many to hedge or speculative against movements in interest rates which is a key factor affecting the performance of the economy and returns across different asset classes.