No inside information on commodities.
(However trading on embargoed government press releases is illegal. Though rather than kidnapping Clarence Beeks on the train, you can just interview the Florida farmers yourself.)
(However trading on embargoed government press releases is illegal. Though rather than kidnapping Clarence Beeks on the train, you can just interview the Florida farmers yourself.)
You would definitely have an advantage in trading oil/gas futures if you had access to ExxonMobil's seismic exploration reports, for example.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/opinion/articles/2018-10-24/it...
But the insider trading you suggest above, is predicated on having material non public information of ExxonMobil’s.