Sugar Futures Trading:
Educational Resources For Trading Futures & Options

The following information provides basic contract specifications for sugar futures contracts.  Please feel free to contact us via Phone, Live Chat, or Email for any further inquiries.

The Sugar No. 11 futures contract is the world benchmark for raw sugar trading.  Participate in global price discovery for sugar.  Identify short and long-term cyclical price and volatility patterns for sugar.  Trade to hedge or speculate based on expectations of directional price, spread movement or volatility in sugar.  There is one contract denomination available for trade:

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• SB trades in units of 112,000 pounds

The minimum price fluctuation is 0.01¢ per pound ($11.20 per contract)

Maximum Daily Price Fluctuation is No Limits.

Margin requirements are subject to change, and are required for open futures positions.

The sugar futures contract is available to trade via the ICE (Intercontinental Exchange) trading platform.  Open outcry trading is conducted 6:00AM PT through 8:55AM PT.  Electronic trading is available 11:30PM PT through 12:15PM PT.

Trading example:  If you were to purchase 1 contract of SB at 10.00, and the next day it moves to 10.50, you would have a profit of $560.  Inversely, if it were to move down to 9.50, you would have a loss of $560.

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To make sense of the information provided and learn how to trade futures please read through our futures education.

This information is from sources believed to be reliable, but Expo Futures will not be held responsible for either its accuracy or completeness.  Please note that all times posted are in Pacific Standard Time and are subject to change.

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