Commodity Trading & Trend Following

I was in China last summer for several weeks…however this not one of the words I learned. Maybe in retrospect I should have. Gold is traditional Chinese is huֳ¡ng jִ«n. If you are like my wife…you would ask …why do I need to know this? Simple answer..China is posed to be the next big buyer [...]

Research in Commodity Trading
There are those in the camp that successful commodity trading can be achieved from research. Honestly I am in the camp of being a trend followerג€¦having no opinions..and simply reacting to price with a strong focus on risk. The approach of trend following is not looked upon as favorably as one who [...]

What a scary title… US Dollar Collapse & Inflationary Holocaust. These are the words of CNBC and Jim Rogers…However as Jim Rogers is predicting the US dollar collapse…the US dollar made a strong move on Friday on short trading with the crisis developing with Dubai’s Debt. So how does one protect capital in this type [...]

How To Invest in a Commodity Trading Advisor
Maybe it is human natureג€¦ maybe it is a lack of patience or disciplineג€¦or the new word courageג€¦why do so many lose money when investing with legendary Commodity trading advisors? I have seen it over and over again. A commodity trading advisor has a good runג€¦and then his [...]

There are really no isolated incidents in the world. Today we are waking up to the news that Dubai might be defaulting on its debt. Stock Markets around the world are plummeting. There are many other issues that hardly made the news. Firstly Vietnam devalued their currency and their populace as Mark Mobius has coined [...]

If you think…that I or anyone else really know why the price of gold is moving…you will need to find another article. Guess what…everyone has opinions..The fact however is that the price is going up…and that is why virtually every trend follower …every commodity trading advisor has purchased gold. It is as simple as we [...]

Really…how do I count the ways… ( I believe I have seen them all…as well as all of them that I made in my career)? However I believe the greatest mistake in life is to give up… Possibly the greatest mistake in commodity trading is to give up. In all reality…Commodity trading is the hardest [...]

Who do you believe these days… the Govt…the news…or an industry insider? My bet would be with the industry insider.
Robert Toll the principle of the largest luxury home builder Toll Brothers said the other day that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is a train wreck waiting to happen. That is not the most encouraging news [...]

Yesterday I had an interesting conversation regarding courage and knowledge in commodity & forex trading. If you have been reading my blog you probably know my favorite two words for success in commodity trading are…Discipline and Patience…
However the idea of courage & knowledge puts a new light on the subject. The idea of knowledge, one [...]

You hear it all the time..A successful commodity futures trader or a forex trader does not over trade. However in reality …what does it really mean over trading? In my definition, over trading can be two fold.
Firstly the frequency of commodity trading ( forex) or the leverage of commodity trading (forex).
Anything done in excess is [...]