Dojima Exchange (ODEX) opened rice futures market of “Dojima Rice Average”that targets nationwide average rice price and began the transaction on August 13. Trading volume on the first day was three, initial price was 17,200 yen (1 bale = 60 kg), closing price was the same as the initial price and the transaction has ended.
However, the transaction will be treated as pre-open until August 19, and until then, market maker that places both buy and sell orders will operate to increase liquidity, so actual start will be August 20.
As for the transaction, the commodity futures traders that accept orders of individual investors from the beginning are four companies, SBI SECURITIES and HOXSINBUSSAN of internet traders, and OKAYASU SHOJI and COMTEX of face-to-face traders. Japanese

Trading Volume in July of Tokyo Financial Exchange of 20 Million 310 Thousand, 3.4 % Down from June

As for trading volume in July of Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX), exchange FX“Click 365”was 2,747,854 (18.7 percent up from the previous month, 6.2 percent up year on year). Among them, as for trading value by currency pair, the top, USD/JPY was 1 trillion 155 billion 700 million yen, the next, MXN/JPY was 377 billion 400 million yen and the third, AUD/JPY was 185 billion 600 million yen.
Total trading volume in July was 20,310,119 (3.4 percent down from the previous month, 13.7 percent down year on year) and its daily average was 883,298. Japanese

Trading Volume of Commodity Futures in July in Japan of 2 Million 199 Thousand, 34.9 % Up from June

As for trading volume in July in 36 commodity futures products in Japan, Osaka Exchange was 1,794,526 (32.6 percent up from the previous month), Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) was 125,866 (5.0 percent up) , Dojima Exchange (ODEX) was 279,576 (77.3 percent up), and total trading volume of the three exchanges was 2,199,968 (34.9 percent up).
In terms of trading volume by product, top five products were precious metals, the top, gold standard was 977,350 (49.5 percent up from the previous month), the second, platinum standard was 291,309 (23.4 percent up), the third, Dojima gold 272,853 (80.7 percent up), the fourth, gold rolling-spot was 196,274 (30.9 percent up) and the fifth, gold mini was 193,031 (21.1 percent up). Japanese

Number of Salespersons in Commodity Futures Industry in Japan as of the End of July was 1,075 and No Complaints in July

According to the data compiled by The Commodity Futures Association of Japan (CFAJ), the number of salespersons in commodity futures industry in Japan was 1,075 (Among them, 35 salespersons belonged to intermediary traders), down 1 from the end of the previous month.
Meanwhile, in July, the number of complaints was nil and there was no direct offer of dispute mediation. Japanese