Aluminum Futures, NFP Report and Trading Levels for 07.07.2023
Posted By:- Ilan Levy-Mayer Vice President, Cannon Trading Futures Blog
The Labor Dept. releases its monthly Non-farm payrolls report tomorrow at 7:30 AM Central. Known as NFP ( non farm payrolls), unemployment report.
It’s widely considered to be one of the most important and influential measures of the U.S. economy and the report is released at 7:30 A.M., Central Time on the first Friday of the month.
Aluminum futures continue to gain market adoption and provide market participants the confidence they need to manage their aluminum price risk.
Volume in Q2 has hit record levels with average daily volume (ADV) over 4K contracts, up 197% year-over-year as of June 30. Q2 average open interest (OI) was 3,420 contracts, up from 457 contracts in Q2 2022, with 275 unique counterparties trading through the quarter.
The active outright for Aluminum is September, and the Bloomberg code is ALE3 . It will roll to October, ALE4 , on Monday, July 17.
See daily chart below and feel free to contact us with ANY questions.
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