This section lists commodities in order of percentage movement up or down for a previous period (left column) and a more current period (right column) These are the popular commodities we try to follow. The "arrow chart" below attempts to draw attention to commodities which have had significant recent volatility. Hotizontal arrows near the top indicate stronger upward trend and horizontal arrows near the bottom indicate stronger downward trend. Diagonal arrows represent a possible recent shift in direction (turning point) either up or down in the direction of the arrow. Commodities without arrows have lesser volatility.