A commodity swap is a contract where two sides of the deal agree to exchange cash flows, which are dependent on the price of an underlying commodity.

Commodity swaps function similarly to hedge-to-arrive (HTA) contracts, Tasker explains, but they give you more flexibility because you don’t commit to delivery.

Beware the Commodity Swap Data Swamp Data quality for over-the-counter commodity swaps reported to swap data repositories, as mandated by the Dodd–Frank Act, has worsened since reporting began more ...

Commodity Swaps: Achieving Predictable Cash Flows. Commodity swaps are financial instruments that enable two parties to exchange cash flows based on a fixed price and a floating market price for a ...

Commodity swaps - an exchange of a floating price for a fixed price on a specified commodity (usually oil) Equity swaps - an exchange of cash flows from different securities or indexes.

Big energy companies like Royal Dutch Shell and commodity merchants like Cargill have a simple argument in pushing back against looming new swap market rules: We're not a bank, so don't regulate us ...

The Commodity Exchange Act regulates commodities and futures trading in the U.S. ... The CFTC was given additional oversight of the over-the-counter swaps market after the global financial crisis.

One of the top criticisms investors often make about commodities markets is price volatility, and now the CFTC, is weighing in with a new rule designed to prevent wild swings.

Big energy companies like Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> and commodity merchants like Cargill [CARG.UL] have a simple argument in pushing back against looming new swap market rules: We're not a bank ...