This article describes a simple test to assess the feasibility of high-frequency “pump-and-dump” arbitrage. Using the tick data for Eurex Eurobund futures for 2009-2010 period, the article shows practical implementation of the test. The Eurobund futures data does not support feasibility of...

Using daily returns on 34 futures contracts over the 2010-2022 period, we examine the factors driving these returns. We show that all commodities can be grouped by their drivers into intuitive groups based on their factorization into 1) food, 2) metals and oil and 3) precious metals. The three...