Commodity Trading & Trend Following

Welcome to the reality of trend following. I had an email from an aspiring money manager this morning ( He will probably read this post as well). It was interesting for me to read his email.
Quoting him “I enjoy checking in on your blog posts. These choppy markets make me want to jump [...]

One of the biggest misnomers of trend following is that you need up to the minute information and speed. Supposedly, the faster the better.
Well the reality is, No…Forget about having the fastest computer or up to the millisecond of information. In my personal experience this is not what is needed as well as you can [...]

Yesterday was an interesting day for trend followers. Many CTAs as well as myself have been long corn for quite some time. Without warning as gaps occur corn fell approx 40 points or a loss of $2,000 a contract. This is the reality when trend following. The unexpected needs to be expected. Always trade with [...]

“Trend following seems simple at the outset, but in his new trend following course, Andrew Abraham avoids the hype and doesn’t sugar coat the difficulties that traders face. Rather, he shares the important lessons he has learned over 18 years of trading with the help of his mentors. While appropriate for beginners looking [...]

I’m very impressed! Everything you have written is dead on the money. It’s refreshing to see someone telling it like it is and doing so in such a clear and concise manner. It’s great that you are actually giving your students some specific methods instead of vague generalities too. Your articles [...]

This is in lieu of the CTFC withholding information to as where client funds are located. It is shocking a Government organization can let monies be stolen in the USA in today’s times and make a statement as Commissioner Bart Chilton has made. Jill Sommers from the CFTC made a statement to Reuters that the [...]

The Biggest Mistake Traders Make When Trend Following
The single biggest mistake traders make, is thinking that investing and trading is “Easy.”
They allow themselves to fall for advertisements promising, “You can get rich by trading” or “Earn all the income you’ve ever dreamed of” or “Leave your day job forever & live off your day-trading [...]

Great Video from Duffy of the CME. MF Global has violated its customers. Our money is still missing!
Where is Obama? Why hasn’t Obama said something about his good friend Jon Corzine????

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The same regulators who are suppose to protect clients are blocking the truth regarding MF Global as per the below Forbes article
Instead of looking out for MF Global investors – and customers who are still waiting for their money – it looks like regulators and the bankruptcy trustees are busy suppressing information. Instead of full [...]

There are countless trading methodologies. Even in trend following you have different ways of getting into trades. Traders need to focus on the most important issue, the proper Trend following mindset.
Believe it or not
A proper Trend following mindset is a more important attribute for success rather than any methodology!
When Richard Dennis and William Eckhardt [...]