Excluded Commodity

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Concept of Excluded Commodity in Futures Trading

In this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Excluded Commodity: In general, the Commodity Exchange Act defines an excluded commodity as: any financial instrument such as a security, currency, interest rate, debt instrument, or credit rating; any economic or commercial index other than a narrow-based commodity index; or any other value that is out of the control of participants and is associated with an economic consequence. See 7 USC 1a(19).