STEEL FUTURES
Crunch Risk is the most active broker in the U.S. steel futures contract (HR), having been integral to the contracts creation on the CME in 2008 and its main promoter since. The contract is primarily used by companies that are hedging their exposures to steel in N. America, but it also has some speculative/trading counterparts as well. Although still somewhat modest in its traded volumes, the HR contract trades daily and serves its customers needs to implement hedges. This contract also enjoys an ever growing trading community from both natural buyers and sellers.
ALUMINUM PREMIUM FUTURES
Crunch Risk is the main broker in the Aluminum Premium futures suite of products (AUP/AEP/EDP/MJP), having been integral to their creation in 2013-2014, and having been their main promoter in the markets since. These contracts are used by end buyers, producers, and traders to manage exposure in the price differentials between the regional index publication price and the underlying LME Aluminum price. The Premium futures underlying indexes for that differential are as follows:
AUP - Platt's Mid West P 1020,
AEP - Metal Bulletin Rotterdam, Duty Unpaid
EDP - Metal Bulletin Rotterdam, Duty Paid
MJP - Platt's Major Japanese Port
FERROUS SCRAP/REBAR FUTURES
Crunch Risk is the main broker in the U.S scrap futures market on the CME (BUS), and one of the main brokers in the Turkish scrap futures market on the LME (SC) and the CME (FSF). Additionally Crunch Risk is an active promoter of the Rebar Futures contract on the LME (SR). The futures contracts are used by buyers of scrap based steel and scrap dealers in the case of CME (BUS), and primarily by merchant traders and speculators in the case of LME (SC). Rebar futures are used primarily by hedgers and trader merchants.