In the financial investment market, commodities can be described as hot products, and this year has also seen a magnificent market. So, what are commodities? Bulk commodities refer to material commodities with commodity attributes, which are used for industrial and agricultural production and consumption. In the financial investment market, bulk commodities refer to commodities that can be designed as financial instruments such as futures and options for trading and are widely used as industrial basic raw materials. Futures can be divided into commodity futures and financial futures, so commodities are not equal to futures, and can be designed as futures financial instruments for trading, and most of the subject matter of commodity futures is commodities. Commodities mainly include three categories, namely energy commodities, basic raw materials and agricultural and sideline products. Energy commodities include crude oil and coal, basic raw materials include copper and aluminum, and agricultural and sideline products include corn and soybeans. Commodities have a series of characteristics, which can be summarized as: large supply and demand, origin, raw materials, national unified price limit, affecting the national economy and people's livelihood, etc. So, what does the so-called commodity speculation mean? There are several ways to trade goods. The supply and demand of bulk commodities in spot trading is very large, usually in large quantities. In terms of trading methods, it can be a spot trading method with one hand paying and one hand delivering. Futures options trading commodities can be designed as futures options and other financial instruments, which can be traded in the long term, that is, in the future. Commodities affect all aspects of our lives, such as steel. Without steel, high-rise buildings cannot be built. Crude oil, without crude oil products, most cars can't run, and so on. Commodities are related to people's livelihood and deserve our attention.