Commodity Trading & Trend Following

Too many new traders think they can quit their day job and start printing money. The truth could not be further. It took me many years to ” REALLY” get it.
Really get it means that any trade is 50/50 regardless of any type of analysis.
Really get it means it is ok to have [...]

Non stressful Trading
Maybe it is a misnomer non stressful trading but it really hit me today. I am on a marathon tour of speaking to potential investors and IBs hoping to work with to raise money for my CTA. I have heard repeatedly how both parties are stressed from trading. I thought about myself and [...]

Below is an interesting article from Attain.
MANAGED FUTURES DRAWDOWN, RECOVERY, AND RUN UP CYCLES
October 4, 2010
With several multi-market systematic programs on Attain’s recommended list such as Clarke Capital Worldwide, Integrated, Robinson Langley, and APA Strategic Diversification program seeing nice gains in September – it brought into sharp relief for us just how cyclical the returns [...]

Clearly one needs money in order to enter the field of commodity trading. However what I have personally seen is having too much money or lack of respect of the market, can lead to financial disaster. When one has too much capital they are not fully aware of the loses or the risks they face. [...]

Having to be Right When Investing
Too often when people invest they feel they have to be right. This is exactly the wrong way to make money. If someone feels they are more right than the market they could let a small loss parlay into a large loss. None of us have a crystal ball and [...]

I have to apologize as I do not know that much about base ball but would think hitting a home run in baseball in most cases is rare. More so when commodity trading, hitting a home run is VERY rare…yet they do happen. An example last year was cotton which went from the 70 range [...]

Where does One Learn How to Trade Commodities Successfully?
The internet is full of get rich quick schemes on how to trade forex or SP futures contracts. The reality is most of these if not all are scams. There are no easy ways to learn how to trade successfully. Trading commodities successfully takes years and much [...]

In our world and plastered all over the internet is the idea that it is easy to make money. There are “Forex robots” and all types of mechanical systems for sale which make it seem that it is easy to make money in forex trading and commodity trading. These system sellers say it is not [...]

Everyone is searching for certainty when they invest. Trading has to be one of the biggest challenges as far as making money. Too many times people put on a trade and believe( insist) it has to work. Successful traders and trend followers think oppositely. They think how much will this trade cost me to see [...]

Single Indicators are not the Complete Answer When Commodity Trading
Too many commodity traders search for these magic indicators that they think will lead them to their holy grail. Commodity traders speak about leading and lagging indicators. The leading indicators are those that “Predict”. These in my opinion are a complete waste of time. I have [...]