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Live cattle futures had limit-down moves on Monday and Tuesday, losing about 7 percent of its value in that rapid decline. The news that rocked the market was a severely damaging fire at a Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Kansas. The plant represents about 5-6 percent of the cattle processing capacity in this country. Needless to say, cattle traders headed for the...
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...
Agriculture commodity prices have dropped substantially this year. The agriculture commodities consist mainly of the grains, livestock and softs (food).  Some commodities like corn, lean hogs and cocoa had their moments in the sun this year.  Now, most of the agriculture commodities are firmly entrenched in downtrends. The good news is that I suspect many of these...
Natural gas is suffering the woes of plentiful supplies this year and the lack of a catalyst to push prices higher. As a result, natural gas futures prices have dropped about 28 percent from the peak this year in March. The fundamental picture doesn’t look good at this point and the market will probably need some significant...
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,...
Chuck Kowalski started his career in the futures markets in 1994 trading, advising clients, working with high net worth traders and investors and educating traders. Today, Chuck has retired from his the industry. Now, he is able to devote his efforts to reach a wider range of futures traders that don't necessarily have the large portfolios and expertise of a typical client. Chuck feels this is an undeserved market that is in dire need of learning the proper ways of trading with the proper guidance. Contact Chuck for more information on his Futures Trading Mentoring and Education Programs. Email: chuck@futuresbuzz.com

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