Commodity Trading & Trend Following

It always shocks me that so called investors run for the doors when a commodity trading advisor has a draw down. The fact is as much as they are not palatable for investors to go through they are as normal as breathing out. I look at draw downs of successful long term commodity trading advisors [...]

Major Global Economic Concerns for 2nd Half of 2010
It is now clear that the global economic recovery is hitting a major wall of resistance. Just a few short months ago throughout the 1st quarter of 2010, the Federal Reserve was beginning to hold talks behind closed doors of how and when they might [...]

This is not just a funny video.. it is so true …it is so scary..
Many Fear the Boom and Bust cycle of John Maynard Keynes and F. A. Hayek. These two are considered the great economists of the 20th century. This rap song on the economic crisis is so true. Before the conference begins, and [...]

Organization / Fund 2007 2008 2009 3 year
Max DD Lifetime
Max DD Minimum
Abraham Trading1
19.20% 28.81% -5.56% 7.24% 27.19% 10 M
Aspect Capital2
8.18% 25.42% -11.25% 21.53% 21.53% 500 K
Chesapeake Capital3
2.33% 15.38% 0.40% 23.36% 23.36% 5 M
Clarke Capital4
35.24% 79.90% -29.78% 31.19% 31.19% 50 K
Drury Capital5
5.00% 75.64% 9.02% 13.43% 32.51% 5 M
Dunn Capital6
7.60% 51.45% -0.57% 36.36% 60.26% 10 M
Eckhardt Trading7
34.12% 13.15% -4.80% 8.03% 27.11% 10 M
EMC Capital8
17.32% 46.30% -14.35% 16.54% 45.16% 2 M
Hawksbill Capital9
20.24% 96.22% -15.32% 24.67% 61.78% 5 M
Hyman Beck & Co.10
-5.85% 49.78% 3.96% 15.31% 29.27% 1 M
JWH & Co.11
18.61% 90.63% -24.06% 30.49% 30.50% 20 M
Man AHL Diversified12
19.61% 33.23% -16.95% 17.90% 17.90% 30 K
Millburn Ridgefield13
12.85% 20.61% -7.33% 16.16% 26.89% 150 K
Rabar Market Research14
15.12% 18.22% 6.99% 8.61% 29.84% 2.5 M
Saxon Investment15
21.20% 20.90% 10.37% 5.93% 41.49% 2 M
Superfund16
-0.92% 30.00% -29.46% 32.54% 32.54% 5 K
Transtrend17
14.46% 18.99% -8.36% 8.51% 8.51% 10 M
Winton Capital18
16.13% 21.02% -4.63% 10.26% 25.73% 10 M
Notes:
1. Abraham Trading was founded by Salem Abraham,. Introduced to [...]

Who do you believe?… Jim Rogers came out today and predicts food shortages. Jim Rogers thinks there will be food shortages because of the financial crisis. He believes the agricultural sector is low on funds and inventories are at the lowest levels in decades. An example is a recent trade that most trend followers are [...]

Everyone would love to know what would be the outlook for the commodity markets and commodity trading. After a roaring 2007 and 2008 it seemed that commodity trading advisors would know no limit. The stock markets collapsed in 2008 and fear was rampant through out the world. During the turmoil when virtually every strategy lost [...]

Walking away from Mortgages
It seems now almost acceptable that Americans can walk away from their mortgages. Why not? So many are upside down, owing more money on a house than the house is actually worth.
Many Americans are just walking away and renting virtually the same homes for half or a third [...]

In the world we live in, nothing is easy. No one is spared sorrow, pain, and sometimes anger associated with their mistakes. Lets face it …we all make mistakes. Mistakes in commodity trading are costly. However sometimes it is the best money spent if we learn from them. However…all too many commodity traders do not [...]

I have seen countless times with inexperienced traders the fear that can come about. The reason of this fear is due to uncertainty in any particular trading situations. These traders do not have a plan. They get themselves into a situation in which they are losing money very quickly. Then there is the situation when [...]

Many times it pays to go the opposite way of the crowd. Is it possible the US dollar will rally? As any commodity trading advisor will say… everything is possible. Jim Rogers recent video is speaking just about this. Jim believes the US dollar can rally.
What do you think?

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