Performance Leaders reports, based on front month contracts, lists commodities contracts with the highest and lowest Percent Change (the difference between Previous Close and the Last Price). This page can help you identify the commodities with the most price movement from the close of the market yesterday.
Bullish Trends
A Bullish trend is one where there is an upward trend or rising direction in the market. On the Futures Performance Leaders page, contracts listed on the Bullish Trends table are those with the highest percent change over the specified time period.
Bearish Trends
A Bearish trend is one where there is an downward trend or falling direction in the market. On the Futures Performance Leaders page, contracts listed on the Bearish Trends table are those with the lowest percent change over the specified time period.
"Make This My Default Page"
Logged in users have the option to select any timeframe and view, then save that page as the default page to open next time you come to the Highs/Lows page.
Data Updates
The Futures Performance page is updated every 10 minutes throughout the trading day. However, new symbols are not automatically added to or re-ranked on the page until the site performs its 10-minute update.
Views
The page contain four standard views, and Flipcharts are available for the symbols listed on the page. My Barchart members also have the option to display the data using any Custom View you've created, and the data can be downloaded to Excel.Â
The Chart View displays a graph showing Bullish Momentum as green bars (highest Weighted Alpha), followed by Bearish Momentum as red bars (lowest Weighted Alpha). Click on any Commodity Name to view the quote for that commodity. Hover over any of the green or red bars to view the Last, Change, High, Low prices, plus last trade time.
The Futures Performance Leaders page is re-ranked every 10 minutes with new data.
Time Frames
A number of time frames are available from the drop-down list in the data table toolbar, including:
- Today - Shows the Highest and Lowest Percent Change for the current day. Today's Performance Leaders page is updated every 10 minutes throughout the trading day.
- 5-Day - shows highest and lowest Percent Change Leaders over the last 5 days, as of the close of the last trading session.
- 1-Month, 3-Month, 6-Month, 12-Month - shows highest and lowest Percent Change Leaders over the last 1, 3, 6, or 12 months, as of the close of the last trading session.
- Year-To-Date - shows highest and lowest Percent Change Leaders over the last year-to-date, as of the close of the last trading session.