Commodity Systems Inc.

For commodity traders, every nugget of information on the history and price dynamics of traded items can make or break a trade. Access to comprehensive market data significantly increases their chances of winning deals.

Commodity Systems Inc. (CSI)’s financial market data archive, combined with advanced trading software and seasoned in-house expertise, provides traders with an edge that no contemporary database or search engine can match.

The firm brings the largest database of meticulously preserved financial market statistics on futures, options and stocks, compiled over decades and updated daily. It delivers current as well as historical end-of-day (EOD) data on every major commodity traded on exchanges worldwide, giving traders unparalleled access to market intelligence.

“Our commodity data goes back farther than anybody else out there,” says Jack Stauffer, CEO.

CSI’s futures data is maintained since the earliest days of trading. It extensively covers commodity markets from the 1940s onward, even starting from 1922 in some cases. On the equities side, it maintains the complete data of every stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), dating back to 1962 and on NASDAQ since its inception in 1971. Focused on due diligence, CSI ensures that the data undergoes rigorous checks before being released to customers.

Traders can analyze the data with Unfair Advantage, CSI’s proprietary trading analysis software package. Bundled with its data subscription plan, the powerful software is designed to transform extensive market data into actionable insights with over 100 technical analysis tools. It compresses massive amounts of financial data for use on personal computers, making in-depth analysis accessible to traders.

The software also provides custom studies based on clients’ trading analysis ideas. One such instance is when a user proposed a customized Donchian Channel indicator to track commodity price volatility. Developed in collaboration with CSI’s experts, the study is now part of the package as an analysis tool.

Taking customization a step further, the software enables users to create personalized portfolios tailored exclusively to their markets of interest. Each time they download new EOD data, it automatically updates and reopens charts exactly as they were left, saving time and effort in data analysis. A market scanner further helps traders spot the right securities by sifting through thousands of stocks and highlighting those that meet their individually chosen criteria.

Fact sheets comprising futures contract specifications and weekly Commitments of Traders reports are also made available on the software to make trading hassle-free. Unfair Advantage seamlessly links data from expiring futures contracts and offers multiple built-in methods based on time, volume, open interest and various adjustment options to uncover trading opportunities.

Making commodity trading even more effortless is CSI’s team of experts, who possess deep knowledge of the markets from the 1980s and even earlier. Instead of impersonal advice on websites, traders receive in-depth insights and guidance directly from seasoned in-house experts, who are just a phone call or email away.

The Foundations of Reliable Market Intelligence

CSI’s legacy stretches back to 1970, when founder Bob Pelletier, then a systems analyst at General Electric, became fascinated with the markets. Facing a lack of reliable data, Pelletier began saving thousands of newspapers and manually recording the commodity prices listed on them. By 1974, he had started building a database from diligently collected historical market records. The result was the foundation of what would become CSI’s unrivaled archive of financial market data.

Over time, it transformed into a trusted provider of high-quality EOD data, driven to record and contextualize decades of market shifts. The glowing word-of-mouth endorsement CSI receives from Wall Street traders is the clearest validation of its reputation as a partner every commodity trader needs.