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In a few short months, the ground will thaw and planting will begin. Along with the change in season will come an abundance of market opinions (mostly bullish) about where prices are headed this year. Before you get swept away with all the different analyses, there are six things about grain prices that you should keep in mind every year. One: Farming is one of the most competitive business environments that you will ever find. There are thousands of producers of various sizes, none of which ...
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As we begin the new year of 2002, there are four markets on the verge of major trend changes: gold, silver, the British pound, and the 10 year Treasury notes. All four changes are directly related to the Federal Reserve's decisions to cut interest rates eleven times last year. Please understand, I'm not complaining, just observing. There was probably little else that the Fed could have done given the events of last year. For investors, these shifts are worth noting. The past ten years have ...
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While it has been hard to find a commodity in an uptrend lately, there is a new name on the list that may be due for higher prices. Just this month, cocoa broke above its four-year downtrend and appears to be holding its gains despite a slower outlook for the world economy. Why are cocoa prices rising? There's a saying that the best cure for low prices is low prices and that is probably the best explanation for the cocoa market. Poor prices over the past two years have slowed efforts to ...
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There is a new wave in futures trading recently released by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)...Micro Currency Futures.  For those of you who are new to trading this might just be a way for you to get your feet in the door.  It's a tough economy for sure.  Everyone is trying to find a way to earn extra cash.  Many have tried trading in the past and lost their shirts.  Now with Micro Currency Futures, a novice trader can at least get started without risking their portfolio.What ...
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The "flash crash" phenomenon seems to be going around. Last week marked the anniversary of the first flash crash -- May 6, 2010. That was the day some high frequency trading (HFT) algorithms went haywire, sending a slew of large-cap stocks like Procter & Gamble (PG:NYSE) down 30% in the space of minutes. This year, crude oil experienced its own flash crash on Thursday, May 5, as the futures dropped $10 per barrel in a single day. The move crushed a number of large commodity trading ...
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Options and futures are derivatives which mean that their values are derived from other financial instrument like stock. They are known as the most complicated financial instrument in the world. Option is more complicated than futures. There is a formula on pricing options, so you can actually know weather an option is overvalue or undervalue. For me option is more interesting and challenging. Both of them are contracts which act like an insurance against future price change. It can ...
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On holidays, the Syfy channel runs a Twilight Zone marathon. The Twilight Zone was comprised of 30 minute episodes, filmed in black and white, sparce settings, and almost no actors. They were specifically designed to leave you with an uncomfortable, eerie feeling that something like this may happen to you. Night trading emini futures is not the twilight zone yet. It is real. It is the next wave of buying and selling and you need to catch it. But you need to understand is how to invest ...
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For those of you who work all day and would like to augment your income with some "work" at night, in your pajamas, read on. This article is for you. Working at night takes on a whole new meaning when buying and selling gold futures after hours. Futures trading occurs 24 hours a day, 5 1/2 days a week. There is only one really bad trading day....Saturday. And that's because the market is closed. Why choose gold futures? In a nutshell, liquidith (how fast you can go from being in a ...
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Ever see the movie, the Untouchables? It's about a government agent, Eliot Ness who, along with his band of G-men (Government men), fights gangsters (like Al Capone) during prohibition. There are great shots in the film, guys hanging from moving cars, holding onto swinging doors while they shoot up restaurants with Tommy guns. Today we have our own Untouchables. We've replaced Tommy guns for computers and trading platforms. We sit in chairs instead of swinging from moving cars. And the ...
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Ever watch the old movie station on television on Saturday mornings when they play westerns? They often run the series, The Lone Ranger. There was even a movie made once. At the end of each episode, the Lone Ranger gets up on his horse and screams -- "Hi-yo, Silver, Away", riding off into the distance on is way to his next adventure. Well, now it's your turn. Kick back the chair from your desk, scream "Hi-yo, Silver, Away", and start futures trading with silver contracts, on your way ...
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