Traders in the lean hog markets have waged a battle whether
China will begin importing massive amounts of pork in the near future or not.
China is in great need of replacement pork as much of their herd was wiped out
this year due to the swine flu. China has a healthy appetite for pork and it
seems like it is...
A good case can be made for the copper market to be a star performer among commodities in the next few years. However, you wouldn’t know it by the price action lately. Copper futures prices are down about 25% from 2018 and have lost about half their value since the all-time high set in 2011. Copper has...
Ample supplies and a mild winter have caused natural gas
futures to drip down into multi-decade low support levels. The market has
reached the sub-$2 level a handful of times in the last 20 years, which proved
to be a value zone many times. The market still looks negative, but it is time
to think about a long term bottom. However,...
One of the biggest mistakes new commodity traders make is
having unrealistic expectations before they place their first trade. The
commodity markets are highly leveraged investments, which increase profits for
disciplined traders and rapidly drain the accounts of reckless traders.
Commodities can have leverage near 20 to 1, which means a
trader will only have to put...
The lean hog market has frustrated some traders this year
and made the year for other traders. It is all about how to read the market
properly. Granted, the livestock markets are not always easy to read in my
opinion, but they offer some good trading opportunities. The underlying story
here is that China lost a large portion of the pork...
