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Futures & Commodities Tracker Excel Template

Master futures trading with contract specifications, margin calculations, contango analysis, and seasonal pattern recognition for commodities and financial futures.


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Navigate Complex Futures Markets with Precision

Futures trading requires understanding contract specifications, margin requirements, and complex relationships between spot and forward prices. Our Futures & Commodities Tracker simplifies these complexities, helping you identify profitable opportunities in agricultural, energy, metals, and financial futures markets.

From crude oil and gold to wheat and S&P 500 futures, track contango and backwardation patterns, calculate storage costs, and leverage seasonal trends. Built for the unique characteristics of futures markets, this template helps you manage leverage, avoid delivery, and optimize roll strategies.

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Comprehensive Futures Contract Management

Contract Specifications Database

Track contract size, tick value, margin requirements, and expiration dates for all major futures contracts. The template includes specifications for agricultural commodities, energy products, metals, currencies, and financial instruments across global exchanges.

Margin & Leverage Calculator

Calculate initial and maintenance margin requirements for each position. Track leverage exposure and available buying power across multiple contracts. The template alerts you to margin calls and helps optimize position sizing based on account equity.

Contango & Backwardation Analysis

Analyze the relationship between near-term and longer-dated futures contracts. Identify contango and backwardation patterns that signal market sentiment and storage costs. Use this analysis to optimize entry timing and roll strategies.

Roll Strategy Optimizer

Calculate optimal roll dates and costs for continuous futures positions. Track roll yield and its impact on long-term returns. The template helps you avoid delivery while minimizing roll costs and maximizing carry returns.

Seasonal Trading Pattern Analysis

Agricultural Seasonality

Track planting, growing, and harvest seasons for agricultural commodities. Analyze how weather patterns, crop reports, and seasonal demand affect prices. The template includes historical seasonal patterns for corn, wheat, soybeans, and other agricultural futures.

Energy Market Cycles

Monitor seasonal patterns in crude oil, natural gas, and heating oil markets. Track inventory levels, refinery maintenance schedules, and seasonal demand patterns. Identify recurring opportunities in energy spreads and calendar spreads.

Financial Futures Patterns

Analyze seasonal trends in stock index futures, bond futures, and currency futures. Track how economic cycles, earnings seasons, and monetary policy announcements create predictable patterns in financial markets.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which futures contracts does it support?

The template supports all major futures contracts including agricultural (corn, wheat, soybeans), energy (crude oil, natural gas), metals (gold, silver, copper), and financial futures (S&P 500, bonds, currencies). It can be customized for any futures contract.

How does it calculate margin requirements?

The template includes current margin requirements for major contracts and automatically calculates initial and maintenance margins based on position size. It updates with exchange announcements and includes both day trading and overnight margins.

Can it track spread trades?

Yes, the template includes specialized sections for calendar spreads, inter-commodity spreads, and location spreads. It calculates spread ratios, margin offsets, and analyzes the relative value between different contracts.

Does it handle physical delivery?

The template tracks delivery dates, delivery locations, and quality specifications for physically settled contracts. It includes alerts for first notice day and last trading day to help you avoid unwanted delivery.

How does it analyze seasonal patterns?

The template includes historical seasonal data for major commodity groups and automatically generates seasonal charts. It identifies recurring patterns and highlights optimal entry/exit windows based on historical performance.

Frequently Asked Questions

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How do I analyze data?
To analyze spreadsheet data, just upload a file and start asking questions. Sourcetable's AI can answer questions and do work for you. You can also take manual control, leveraging all the formulas and features you expect from Excel, Google Sheets or Python.
What data sources are supported?
We currently support a variety of data file formats including spreadsheets (.xls, .xlsx, .csv), tabular data (.tsv), JSON, and database data (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB). We also support application data, and most plain text data.
What data science tools are available?
Sourcetable's AI analyzes and cleans data without you having to write code. Use Python, SQL, NumPy, Pandas, SciPy, Scikit-learn, StatsModels, Matplotlib, Plotly, and Seaborn.
Can I analyze spreadsheets with multiple tabs?
Yes! Sourcetable's AI makes intelligent decisions on what spreadsheet data is being referred to in the chat. This is helpful for tasks like cross-tab VLOOKUPs. If you prefer more control, you can also refer to specific tabs by name.
Can I generate data visualizations?
Yes! It's very easy to generate clean-looking data visualizations using Sourcetable. Simply prompt the AI to create a chart or graph. All visualizations are downloadable and can be exported as interactive embeds.
What is the maximum file size?
Sourcetable supports files up to 10GB in size. Larger file limits are available upon request. For best AI performance on large datasets, make use of pivots and summaries.
Is this free?
Yes! Sourcetable's spreadsheet is free to use, just like Google Sheets. AI features have a daily usage limit. Users can upgrade to the pro plan for more credits.
Is there a discount for students, professors, or teachers?
Currently, Sourcetable is free for students and faculty, courtesy of free credits from OpenAI and Anthropic. Once those are exhausted, we will skip to a 50% discount plan.
Is Sourcetable programmable?
Yes. Regular spreadsheet users have full A1 formula-style referencing at their disposal. Advanced users can make use of Sourcetable's SQL editor and GUI, or ask our AI to write code for you.
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