The current price of Chicago Ethanol (Platts) Futures is 1.6450 USD — it has risen 4.61% in the past 24 hours.
Open interest is the number of contracts held by traders in active positions — they're not closed or expired. For Chicago Ethanol (Platts) Futures this number is 7.06 K. You can use it to track a prevailing market trend and adjust your own strategy: declining open interest for Chicago Ethanol (Platts) Futures shows that traders are closing their positions, which means a weakening trend.