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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
