Determine what steel price/index data (e.g., HRC — hot-rolled coil) is actually accessible programmatically vs. gated behind paid data terminals.

domain: cmegroup.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Understand CME Group lists U.S. Midwest Domestic Hot-Rolled Coil Steel (CRU) futures (Globex: HRC), financially settled against the CRU Midwest HRC price index published weekly — this is a futures contract, not a free public spot-price feed.
  2. Confirm that live/streaming CME market data (including HRC futures) requires a paid CME Market Data Platform subscription or a licensed vendor feed — there is no free real-time API.
  3. For historical/delayed reference prices only, free aggregator sites (e.g., TradingEconomics, Investing.com, TradingView) display CME HRC futures charts — treat these as unofficial and delayed, not a licensable data feed.
  4. Separately, note the underlying CRU index itself (used for settlement) is its own paid subscription product from CRU Group, distinct from CME's futures data.
  5. Do not build a production pricing tool on scraped aggregator charts — license real data (CME Market Data Platform or a CRU subscription) for any commercial application.

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