The Crude Palm Oil Contract – FCPO

The Crude Palm Oil Future Contract trades on Bursa Malaysia and is the primary hedging tool for managing and offsetting Crude Palm Oil exposure

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Details

Source

Remarks

FCPO

Crude Palm Oil Futures, RM per metric ton

Bursa Malaysia

Futures settlement prices for spot month and next one-six month contracts

 

FCPO Price levels and Price volatility trends using a 60 day moving average showing trends across spot and up to six months forward delivery.

FCPO Price Levels


FCPO Volatility Trends


But more interestingly take a look at the correlation and significance with the following commodity groups

FCPO Correlations and Scatter Plots

Based on Prices

Correlation of FCPO with

Rules of Thumb

Significance

USD-EUR

-0.77

marked

significant

MYR-USD

0.85

high

significant

Gold

0.32

low

significant

West Texas Intermediate

0.79

marked

significant

Wheat No. 2

0.74

marked

significant

Corn

0.80

high

significant

 

FCPO and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Price Plots

Prices