Crude oil has been through a whole lot of drama in the last
two weeks only to get back to where prices previously stood. The Saudi Arabia
bombings caused a huge price shock to the markets. Events like this will
typically either have long-term price ramifications for oil or they become
another overreaction in the markets that quickly bring prices back...
Cold weather is finally arriving across the US that can
actually have an impact on natural gas prices. The updated forecasts for early
to mid-November came out on Friday and they are calling for much colder weather
than expected. While temperatures are currently cold across much of the Midwest
and Northeast, the cold blast next week is expected to spread into...
Having a strategy for when
and how to take profits on futures
trades is one of the more important aspects of the business of trading. New commodity traders are often conflicted
with the emotions of fear and greed.
Fear will often cause traders to take profits too early and greed often
causes traders to stay in a trade too long and give...
Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) have been performing
fairly well as a whole thus far in 2019 with Autumn Gold CTA
index (non-investable) reporting 5.79% YTD. The Barclay
CTA Index is up about 7.61 percent as of August. Both indices are comprised
of about 400 - 500 CTAs of various strategies and markets traded. This is
slightly better than their Hedge
Fund Index of...
The benefits of managed futures have been widely documented for
lowering the overall risk of an investment portfolio, while increasing the opportunity
for higher returns. Institutional investors
have made managed futures an increasingly popular investment class during the
last couple decades because of this. However, managed futures are virtually
unknown to the average investor.
The managed futures investment...
