If you are expecting the gold market to hit record highs
again, it could be a better strategy to use a spread trade that consists of buying
silver and shorting gold. This may go contrary to logical thought, but it has
to do with silver outperforming gold historically in the acceleration phase
toward record highs.
Another Bull Market
in...
Live cattle futures have recovered all the losses from the Tyson
plant fire in August. The market now stands at solid resistance from a prior
chart consolidation and a 62 percent retracement from highs back in April.
I still see the market as being bullish. The fundamental side looks good as packers still have solid...
Time decay of futures options is a major factor option
traders must consider before they buy a futures option contract. Time decay of options means that options
theoretically lose money every day, since they have a limited life.
All futures option contracts have an expiration date.
Basically, an option contract is a bet that a market...
Notional funding is simply an agreement a client has with a
Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) to trade his or her managed futures account at
a level beyond the amount of cash deposited. The amount above the cash
deposited to the adjusted trading level is called notional funds. For example, an investor could open a managed
futures account with $200,000 in cash...
The price of gold has been trading sideways to lower during
the last couple months. This is typical of the gold market after it has a
strong run higher and it just can’t get the steady flow of “bad” news to
support the ever-increasing prices. Prices have started to bounce slightly in
this long-term bull market, but this might not be...
