Different markets have different units of measurement:
- Gold, Silver, Palladium, Platinum-US $per troy ounce;
- Brent Crude Oil, Oil-US $per barrel;
- Natural gas-US $per one million British thermal units (MMBTU);
- Shares-currency (GBP, EUR, USD, AUD, CHF, JPY, NOK or SEK per share), depending on the stock exchange;
- Index-GBP, EUR, USD, AUD, CHF or JPY per contract.