Weekly Futures Report
11.19.08
Filed 6:28 pm Wednesday
Last                                            Last Week 11.5
Jan Crude                            54.30                                              56.46
Jan Heat                             178.40                                             186.09
Jan XRB (Blended Gas)            114.55                                         128.26
Going into this week’s regularly scheduled report from the American Petroleum Institute and the Department of Energy, crude oil was steady. Traders were anticipating that when the reports were released, supplies would increase yet [...]

Top Day Recommendations
11.17.08
Empire State Manufacturing comes in fractionally better than expected. Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization at 9:15. G-20 came and went. After drinking bottles of wine at $499 a pop retail, they have pledged to coordinate efforts but leave the heavy lifting until the new administration assumes the mantle of power. Debate on how [...]

November 13th, 2008
See me in the latest issue of “Technical Analyst”, Trading Volatility with the VIX
Bond trade stalls, another rally looming?
Incredibly low yields have lured Treasury market bears back to the markets.  According to the latest COT (Commitment of Traders) data, both small and large speculators are heavily short.   Given the lack of upward [...]

Proving what you see in short-term patterns
By Joe Ross
The key to successfully finding potential short-term patterns is based on what you see.  There are two things I look for:
1. I look at current market action each day. I do not look at what happened years ago.  I have to trade today’s markets, not those of [...]

The Safest Way to Sell Options
Commodity markets have not been spared the mood swings pounding other markets in late 2008, and futures traders continue their quest to find safe methods of receiving consistent returns as they trade the markets. Futures traders often stumble on option writing as a strategy that “makes sense,” at least from [...]

Weekly Commodity Trading Letter by Jake Bernstein
COWS (Corn, Oats, Wheat and Soybeans)
The grain and soybean complex markets suffered huge losses after enjoying record-breaking rallies. This newsletter advised you of the declines well in advance. The declines are now upon us but we are in the ideal time frame for seasonal lows in the soybean complex [...]

HELPFUL HINTS
INITIAL RISK EXPOSURE.
HOW MUCH SHOULD I RISK ON A PARTICULAR TRADE? THIS IS A QUESTION THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE BEFORE PLACING THE TRADE. MANY OF YOU REFUSE TO USE ‘STOP-LOSS’ ORDERS BECAUSE YOU DO NOT WANT TO GET ‘STOPPED-OUT’! EGO PLAYS A LARGE PART IN TRADING AND AS SOON AS YOU CAN RID [...]

How to Place an Order with your Commodity Broker
By Carley Garner www.DeCarleyTrading.com
Placing a Trade with Your Broker
Before calling your broker you should have a good idea of what you would like to do.  Naturally, if you are paying for her service you will be able to ask questions and request opinions in regards to the [...]