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Completely different asset classes. Completely different exchanges. Completely different ownership motivation. Both have completely different pros & cons. And generally the commodities futures market is opposite to the equities market.

So you really can't/shouldn't try to compare pros & cons of the two, as much as each individually, if that makes sense.

In the commodities futures market commercial traders and speculators trade RISK. At the equities market money managers and retail trade numerous things. So I guess the pro vs con between the two markets is the equity market requires more knowledge. But the commodities futures market requires more patience.

You lock in price with the commodities market and you lock in profits at the equities market. Both have price fluctuations and charts which can be used to swing trade their market. So swing trading has little differences. But investing has big differences.