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    symbol for oil future?

    How do I buy shares in West Texas Intermediate Crude? When I go to ameritrade.com it tells me it cannot find a symbol to match.

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    That is because WTI is a commodity, and not an equity...

    West Texas Intermediate (WTI), also known as Texas Light Sweet, is a type of crude oil used as a benchmark in oil pricing on of New York Mercantile Exchange's (NYME) oil futures contracts.

    In short... You need a commodities trading account, and not an equity account.


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