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Trucking Freight Futures finish Thursday’s session mixed as the Dallas to Los Angeles lane (VDL) continues to rise.

March Trucking Freight Futures contracts move to expiration as April “rolls” in as the spot month on Wednesday.

A 10,000 mile hedge was executed on Tuesday in the July 2020 East Regional Trucking Freight Futures contract at $1.628/mile.

Trucking Freight Futures continued to climb on Monday as the March expiration approaches.

Panic demand drives week-over-week surge in Trucking Freight Futures prices as futures close out strong on Friday.

Trucking Freight Futures continued to move higher on Thursday as supply chain tightness persists.

Trucking Freight Futures closed higher on Tuesday on strength in the East region.

Trucking Freight Futures held steady on Wednesday as the April National contract (VNU) saw 10 more contracts trade at $1.375/mile.

The Trucking Freight Futures markets finished Monday unchanged to mixed, pointing to continued tightening of spot market capacity.

Trucking Freight Futures posted moderate gains across the board on Friday to wrap up a tumultuous and volatile week.

Trucking Freight Futures finish higher on Thursday as capacity tightened to meet demand of panic buying caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Trucking Freight Futures finished Wednesday’s session mixed as the East region shows strength on fundamentals and volume of imports.

Trucking Freight Futures stabilized to end slightly mixed on Tuesday as global equities and oil markets rebound.

Calm continued as the Trucking Freight Futures markets ended Wednesday mixed to fractionally lower and the Atlanta to Philadelphia lane continued to strengthen.

After a wild couple of sessions, calmness returned to the Trucking Freight Futures markets on Tuesday.

Trucking Freight Futures tumbled on Thursday on growing fears of a global supply chain slow-down due to the continued spread of Coronavirus.

With Trucking Freight Futures closed on Monday, new SONAR futures spot month data combined with the forward curves point to a continued soft rate environment.

Freight futures looking beyond the East region for some direction on Tuesday.

Atlanta market freight futures strengthen on Monday as a result of trade flows.

Volatile start to Freight Futures last week ends quietly; Regional trends emerge.

National futures forward curve points to potential economic trouble ahead.

Freight Futures mostly unchanged in quiet trading session on Wednesday.

After a lower contract roll, Freight Futures start looking to fundamentals.

Large swings in futures front month prices as spot month “rolls” to October.

Last week in Trucking Freight Futures: A tale of three regions!

A big drop in the East region drives the National freight futures index lower on Thursday.

Freight Futures quiet on Wednesday with a focus on PHI.

Freight Futures forward curves on Tuesday point to a mixed to lower rate environment.

Freight Futures began this week where they left off last week.

Weakness in East drives National freight futures lower for the week ending 9/20.

A rate correction in the East drives National freight futures lower on Thursday.

Increased freight volumes out of Texas due to Imelda drive DAL to LAX futures on Wednesday.

LAX to SEA futures strengthen on Tuesday in an otherwise quiet day.

Trucking Freight Futures began the week Monday with mixed results.

Lower Friday spells end to a mostly down week for Freight Futures.

Market interest shifts West with potential ease in trade tensions.

Freight Futures data to watch today: Spot National vs Regionals The spot month National contract (FUT.VNU201909) closed down 0.35% to $1.467 per mile. Regionally, the East contract (FUT.VEU201909) continued to give back some of the Dorian risk premiums and settled the day 1% lower at $1.687, while the South contract (FUT.VSU201909) was off $0.002 to $1.224. […]

Futures prices being driven by shifting freight flows to the East

CHI to ATL futures (VCA) lower on Dorian “risk premium” removal.

PHI to CHI lane (VPC) stronger on increased freight into NY/NJ

Futures forward curve sentiment falls for freight out of LAX

East region forward curve tracks lower expectations for rates and impact of Dorian

East futures lanes little changed on the uncertainty of Dorian; SEA to LAX firms

Trucking Freight Futures lanes in and out of ATL up significantly in fear of Dorian

Freight Futures lane to watch today: ATL to PHI

Freight Futures lane to watch today: East US Long Haul Van Average

Freight Futures lane to watch: LAX to SEA

The volatile 2018 freight market is still being felt throughout the nations trucking industry. The freight futures settlement

FreightWaves, in partnership with Nodal Exchange and DAT, launched the world’s first financially settled Trucking Freight Futures contracts at 9 a.m. Friday, March 29. The first trade came through within 20 minutes of opening, at 9:18 a.m.

Southwest surfed the volatility in petroleum markets and maintained a strong financial position by aggressively hedging jet fuel.

Southwest surfed the volatility in petroleum markets and maintained a strong financial position by aggressively hedging jet fuel.

FreightWaves, Nodal Exchange, DAT and ABInBev hosted the seventh Freight Futures Road Show in St. Louis on Wednesday, February 27. The show introduced transportation and logistics leaders to Trucking Freight Futures.

The Trucking Freight Futures Road Show rolled into the “Big D” – Dallas! Learn more about Trucking Freight Futures and what participants discussed in Dallas!

Options are a key hedging tool, because they can require a far smaller initial outlay for a company to protect itself from wild price swings.

FreightWaves, DAT, Nodal Exchange, and K-Ratio pitched trucking freight futures to a diverse group of financial institutions and media and tech companies on Wall Street on Wednesday.

Walmart looks to recruit 900 more truckers this year; brick-and-mortar stores would not completely go out of fashion; China to overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest retail market.

On the third day of trade talks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, David Carlyle said the U.S. government shutdown is having an impact on the U.S. economy.

TAC Index Managing Director Peyton Burnett demonstrates his platform, explains how the data is processed, and outlines the potential for the derivatives market based on reliable air cargo price discovery.

We spoke with Mark Haraburda about FreightWaves’ new data and content partnership with Barchart, a leading digital provider of commodities and futures data.

Trucking Freight Futures are coming. Learn more at MarketWaves18 with our complementary and comprehensive Trucking Freight Futures training!

45 companies applied for a spot in the annual Innovators Pavilion at the FIA Futures & Options Expo, 15 finalists were chosen, 5 were selected by a panel of judges to present at the at FIA Innovator of the Year pitch competition, but only 1 came out on top.

TransRisk, the developer of the first trucking futures contract, raises a venture capital round led by Bill Ford’s mobility venture investment fund. Seven other venture investors participated in the capital raise. 

Glenn S. Goldberg, president of GSG Advisory Services, has joined the TransRisk LLC Board of Advisors. TransRisk builds financial instruments that provide price discovery, transparency and demand balance for the trucking industry.

A futures market will react to the underlying fundamentals of its physical market because in the end, the futures price is linked to the physical market. But, the opposite is also true. A physical market can look to a futures market for transparency and guidance on rate structure. A developing trucking freight futures market might be the answer to solving these industry issues. 

Since the dawn of the shipping industry, brokers, carriers and shippers have struggled with rate price swings, sometimes due to conditions outside their control, such as weather or politics. TransFX, a Chattanooga-based company located in Freight Alley, is trying to help change that by offering “freight futures contracts.”

Those on both sides of the freight business have struggled for years with volatile shipping rates. Contracts get locked in for months or more with no assurance that the contract will reflect current prices when loads are delivered. TransVix believes part of the solution to this problem is the creation of a Trucking Futures Exchange.