Question 1

What is Barchart cmdtyView?

Accepted Answer

Global exchange data, physical commodity prices, futures execution, and advanced analytics delivered to your browser in one powerful solution.

Question 2

Works on Android or iOS Smartphones ?

Accepted Answer

Yes!

New content is always being added and is available to you across desktop, mobile, and in Excel.
For an android, please go to the Google Play Store and for the IOS, go to the App Store to download the app : cmdtyView finance.

Links to desktop, mobile apps, cmdtyView, US cmdtyView

Desktop app: https://www.barchart.com/cmdty/trading/cmdtyview/desktop

The link for the app on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.barchart.cmdtyview&pli=1

The link for the IOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cmdtyview/id1500475984

cmdtyView on the browser: https://blueocean.aws.barchart.com/#/us

US cmdtyView: https://cmdtyview.barchart.com/#/us

Question 3

Data

Question 4

Charting

Accepted Answer

Your decisions depend on cutting-edge analytics. Get our best-in-class charting capabilities delivered to you on any device. Drag, drop, pan, add studies... we have it all and can support even the most advanced analytics including forward curves and seasonals.

Question 5

Trading

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Simplify your workflows by managing your cash business, futures execution, and analytics in one place - all pushed seamlessly into your post-trade system

Question 6

News

Accepted Answer

cmdtyView comes packed with high-impact news services – the vast majority of which are included with your cmdtyView license. Whether you need the latest in USDA headlines, hard-hitting analysis of grain markets, or access to Dow Jones, cmdtyView has the feeds you need.

Question 7

Excel

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Take the data you already pay for and power your complex models directly in Excel – all as part of your cmdtyView Pro license. From simple quote requests to the build-out of forward curves and seasonal charts, cmdtyView Excel offers an easy and effective way power your workflows in Excel.

If you are experiencing problems with your excel add_in please check "Disabled Excel Add In"

Question 8

Disabled Excel Add In

Accepted Answer

Often when users experience Excel issues it is because their add-in has become disabled. To check you will want to look at the following folder path:
  
 File>Options>Add-ins>Excel Add-ins Drawdown Menu>Disabled Items
  
 If Barchart's add-in appears in the folder, enabling and restarting Excel should resolve the issue.
  
 See screenshots for reference.

Usually when we see this #NAME issue and the addin is enabled, it's a conflicting addin in that is usually the culprit (such as Solver, Analysis Pack, or other real time data addins). 
Deselecting the currently enabled add-ins/com-ins except cmdtyView's addins then restarting Excel should resolve the issue. If you go to the Excel Options> Addins> Manage: Excel Addins> Go section can you please try turning off any other addins and ensuring only Barchart's addins are enabled? Do the same for the Excel Options> Addins> Manage: COM Addins> Go section and then restart Excel:

If it's working after doing so, another addin is preventing Barchart's addins from processing the incoming data and will want to disable that addin when using Barchart's Excel addins.

Question 9

Clearing the cache

Accepted Answer

Clear the cache + Supported browsers
Clearing the cache might solve your issue:
In your browser, there are 3 dots or horizontal lines top right.
Go there, select more tools, and clear down the cache and history.
Then hold the Control Key and Press F5. Close the browser and reopen.
Supported browsers are Chrome and Firefox.

You can also use this link to download the desktop app:

https://www.barchart.com/cmdty/trading/cmdtyview/desktop

Question 10

Barchart cmdtyView- Brief Demo

Question 11

Barchart cmdtyView Futures Symbols: Grains

Question 12

Barchart cmdtyView Futures Symbols: Metal

Question 13

Barchart cmdtyView Futures Symbols : Cattle

Question 14

Barchart cmdtyView Futures Symbols : Energy

Question 15

Barchart cmdtyView Futures Symbols : Softs

Question 16

Data Coverage

Accepted Answer

https://www.barchart.com/solutions/data/futures - Click here for Data Coverage

Question 17

Symbols

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Symbol #1 will give you the first front month
Symbol #5 will give you the first 5 front months

You can use the symbol browser to find what you're looking for.
For smbols follow this link: https://www.barchart.com/futures/prices-by-exchange

Question 18

Troubleshooting: Hard Refresh

Accepted Answer

Refreshing of the quotations

If you utilize CmdtyView's webportal:
 Press CRTL+Shift+R to hard refresh and then close and reopen.

To hard refresh in desktop mode you will want to enter the following:
 First press CRTL+Shift+D, this will open your developer tools menu
 Then press CRTL+Shift+R to hard refresh

If you see any issues after, please right-click on a symbol having issues> Report Data Issue

This should fix any issues but if you are still experiencing any difficulties please contact support@bot-services.com

Question 19

Download Links

Accepted Answer

Links to desktop, mobile apps, cmdtyView, US cmdtyView
Desktop app: https://www.barchart.com/cmdty/trading/cmdtyview/desktop
The link for the app on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.barchart.cmdtyview&pli=1
The link for the IOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cmdtyview/id1500475984
cmdtyView on the browser: https://blueocean.aws.barchart.com/#/us
US cmdtyView: https://cmdtyview.barchart.com/#/us

Question 20

Cash Bids

Accepted Answer

Display your cash bids within our mobile, desktop and tablet MC products. Filter users to be able to only see specific locations and then make offers on each bid. Distribute through your website, platform or via text message/email.

Question 21

What browser would you recommend to use?

Accepted Answer

Google Chrome would be the best option.

Question 22

What's new on Barchart cmdtyView ?

Accepted Answer

We pushed a new release of cmdtyView. This release includes the following:

Bid Manager

We added some new columns to the Bid Manager window including:
Futures price
Time (of Futures price)
Cash price
We also added the ability to highlight various rows in the Bid Manager

CRM

We added eSign support to the Contracts window of the CRM.

Quoteboard

We added an enhanced color picker to the quoteboard for highlighting rows.

We pushed a new release of cmdtyView. This release includes the following:

Trade
Added support for the Iceberg order type to Chart Trading, DOM and Order ticket where we show      both the total quantity working and the 'show quantity.'
Added scroll buttons to the DOM (can be hidden if desired)

Pop Outs
Linked pop out windows for both the browser and Desktop versions of cmdtyView
Changed the process for pop outs by removing the pop in icon.

Search & Symbol Browser
Added a volume factor to search (typing 'A' returns 'A', 'AAPL', 'AMD', etc. E.g., shares with      top volume)
Reduced the tree results from 100 to 30 now that we have a volume factor.
We update the Symbol      Browser Instruments and Symbol Browser Tree with new equities, futures,      etc. (or remove delisted) multiple times a day.
Added ability to search for index instruments by symbol without leading $ (e.g., both SPX      and $SPX queries will match $SPX instrument)
We auto-publish the tree and search by 8:30am CST daily to catch new contracts and IPOs.

Support
Added support for Zendesk to the cmdtyView in app support form.

A small production push for cmdtyView has been released. The details are as follow:

DOM Ladder
Added First Notice Date to header
Added Expiration Date to header
Added OHLC to header
Added seconds to timestamp
Spreads and options menus added to the main nav for easier access

A new version of cmdtyView has been pushed to production, which includes some significant enhancements.  Details are as follows:

Standalone Bid Manager
Took the bid manager window we created for Hedge management and created a standalone version which does not require access to Hedge (meaning you don't have to be entitled or logged into Hedge separately)
All of the other Hedge components on the Connect menu are hidden and only show the standalone Bid Manager (thus the reference to 'Standalone')
It allows both consumers and producers of cash bids to work directly in cmdtyView without the need for the Barchart Admin or other tools
There are two entitlements for the new standalone Bid Manager which include:
BIDMGR (this gives users Read/Write capabilities for the standalone Bid Manager)
BIDMGR_READ (this gives users a Read only access)
You MUST BE entitled for Connect in order to get access to the standalone Bid Manager
Lastly, 'Bid' window has been renamed to 'Bid Manager' which seems a bit more robust
Note:  This is a V1 of the new standalone Bid Manager.

Charts
Added slick chart trading capabilities
You will need a live trading account or simulator credentials from CQG in order to try it out
Users can buy and sell futures using right click when set to Quick Order Mode
Orders can be repositioned dynamically to a new price via drag and drop or updated/edited by clicking on the buy/sell annotations
Added the Anchored VWAP study
Added scrolling to the chart settings display dialog

Hedge
Renamed the Basis Trade window to Cash Offer
The word 'Sell' was changed to 'Buy' on the execution buttons
The Buy and Sell buttons at the top of the window have been removed

News
Rebuilt the news window from the ground up
Support for tickers in headlines 
Added a collapsible window on the left which includes filters to support our new Categories and Feeds hierarchy

Trading
Ground up rebuild of the DOM Ladder which is really dynamic.
Consolidated the Accounts and Positions windows into a single window.
Revamped the Accounts and Orders windows from scratch using our latest technology.

Search Bar
Added support for expired futures contracts to the global search bar and to the Charts and Time Series windows

Symbol Browser
Added  a new economics overview leaf so users can more easily find rates like Treasury and SOFR
Added a CBOE leaf to Indexes > US Indexes
Released a new version of the Symbol Browser API (v3.13.0) and now read the published tree from OpenSearch instead of a relational database which      helps us out in various ways (performance, scale, deployment etc.)
Alerts
Added scrolling to the Alerts dialog as long lists were being hidden

Miscellaneous
Revamped our entire methodology for window linking.
Redesigned the Blue Ocean login screen.

Question 23

What is Blue Ocean Weather?

Accepted Answer

Blue Ocean weather is an online, global weather data mapping / visualization application that offers some unique features that no other current weather mapping system provides. Please watch this video for a brief introduction/demonstration of Blue Ocean Weather

Four main reasons to use Blue Ocean Weather Mapping : 
. Receive up to 10 maps daily by email based on your requests
. Worldwide coverage via weather stations or Satellite
. Cross boarder maps and crop area's within a country or continent
. Forecast Comparison Tools going back 60 days and forward 15

Question 24

Data

Accepted Answer

Data is refreshed @ 05:32 US eastern time, this is when new forecast data will become available, in the application, systems are tied to US-eastern to allow for data continuation and negate time zone issues.

Question 25

Observations

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Our observations for previous days (updated at the same time), come for a variety of global weather station networks and satellite based observations, CFS, ECMWF etc.

Question 26

The Yearly Comparison Tool

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The Yearly Comparison Tool, the ability to compare a weather variable for a user selected time period, against the same time period from a selected year – showing the difference between years

Question 27

Customer Support

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First level customer support to support@bot-services.com and Personalized technical support – you have direct contact with the lead developer Dr. Fergus Keatinge – fergus@marcusweather.com

Question 28

Romania Example

Accepted Answer

Another:

Question 29

Total Precipitation

Accepted Answer

The total amount (sum) of precipitation over a user selected time period in millimeters (mm) or inches (“)

Question 30

Total Precipitation Departure

Accepted Answer

The total amount (sum) of precipitation over a user selected time period compared with the same time period of the 10 year rolling average for precipitation, in millimeters (mm) or inches (“). Example: For a 2 week period, a weather station recorded 80mm of precipitation. For the same time period, the 10 year rolling average for the same time period is 100mm. The recorded precipitation compared with the rolling average precipitation is -20mm. 80-100=-20.

Question 31

Percentage Normal Precipitation

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The total amount (sum) of precipitation over a user selected time period compared with the same time period of the 10 year rolling average for precipitation, expressed as a percentage (%). Same example as above: (80/100)*100 = 80% Percentage Normal Precipitation

Question 32

Normal Precipitation

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The total amount (sum) of precipitation over a user selected time period of the 10 year rolling average for precipitation, in millimeters (mm) or inches (“).

Question 33

Average Temperature

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The average temperature over a user selected time period in degrees Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (f).

Question 34

Highest Maximum Temperature

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The highest recorded temperature over a user selected time period in degrees Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (f).

Question 35

Lowest Minimum Temperature

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The lowest recorded temperature over a user selected time period in degrees Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (f).

Question 36

Average Maximum Temperature

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The average of the daily highest recorded temperatures over a user selected time period in degrees Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (f).

Question 37

Average Minimum Temperature

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The average of the daily lowest recorded temperatures over a user selected time period in degrees Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (f).

Question 38

Average Temperature Departure

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The average temperature over a user selected time period, compared with average temperature of the same time period for the 10 year rolling average, in degrees Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (f). Example:
 
For a 2 week period, a weather station recorded an average temperature of 15 degrees (C). For the same 2 week period, the 10 year rolling average was 18 degrees (C), the average temperature departure is -3 degrees
 
15-18 = -3

Question 39

Maximum Temperature Departure

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The average maximum temperature over a user selected time period, compared with average maximum temperature of the same time period for the 10 year rolling average, in degrees Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (f)

Question 40

Minimum Temperature Departure

Accepted Answer

The average minimum temperature over a user selected time period, compared with average minimum temperature of the same time period for the 10 year rolling average, in degrees Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (f)

Question 41

Average Temperature Normal

Accepted Answer

The 10 year rolling average temperature over a user selected time period in degrees Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (f).

Question 42

Maximum Temperature Normal

Accepted Answer

The 10 year rolling average maximum temperature over a user selected time period in degrees Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (f).

Question 43

Minimum Temperature Normal

Accepted Answer

The 10 year rolling average minimum temperature over a user selected time period in degrees Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (f).

Question 44

GDD

Accepted Answer

Growing degrees days (GDD) is defined as the sum of the number of average temperature degrees above a certain threshold base temperature and below a maximum threshold temperature, for a user designated time period.
 
o Corn/Soy
Thresholds: 10 and 30 degrees (C)
 
Example: a 5 day period has the average temperatures of: 7, 15, 16, 25 and 32
 
Corn/Soy GDDs for each day are: 0, 5, 6, 25, and 30 = 66 Corn/Soy GDD (in degrees (C))
 
Day 1 (7 degrees (C))  is below the 10 degree threshold therefore 0.
Day 5 is above the 30 degree threshold, therefore becomes a maximum value of 30
 
o Wheat Thresholds: 5 and 30 degrees (C)
Example: Wheat GDDs for each day are: 2, 10, 11, 20, and 30 = 73 Wheat GDD (in degrees (C)) o Cotton Thresholds: 15 and 38 degrees (C) Example: Cotton GDDs for each day are: 0, 0, 1, 10, and 32 = 43 Cotton GDD (in degrees (C))

Question 45

HDD

Accepted Answer

Heating Degree Days are the sum of average temperature units below 18.3 degrees (C)
 
Example: a 5 day period has the average temperatures of: 7, 15, 16, 25 and 32
HDDs are: 11.3 + 3.3 + 2.3 + 0 + 0 = 16.9 HDDs
 
(temperatures above 18.3 equate to zero – no HDD accumulation)

Question 46

CDD

Accepted Answer

Cooling Degree Days are the sum of average temperature units above 18.3 degrees (C) CDDs are: 0 + 0 + 0 + 6.7 + 13.7 = 20.4 CDDs