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Potato futures soar 700% in less than a month on Iran war speculation
(www.euronews.com)
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this post was submitted on 11 May 2026
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Not futures, CFDs, considerably more fucked up. Don't think CFDs are even legal in the US.
Basically a cash settled futures contract
Idk why it's considerably more fucked up but I'm guessing maybe because there's no physical delivery it serves even less of a purpose for people hedging their physical goods and just blatant financial speculation on prices of goods?
you bet on whether price go up or down
if right you pocket the difference
To be fair this has been around a long while