Commodity Trading & Trend Following

The question is… Can trend following end? First of all… anything can happen and it will happen. However as a long time trend follower, in my opinion there are numerous reasons why I do not believe trend following can or will end. The question came up when I was in a meeting with an institutional [...]

As I have repeatedly stated… commodity trading is the easiest yet the hardest thing one can ever do. Too many aspiring commodity traders or forex traders search for the holy grail. They search for indicators…mechanical trading systems or basically the answers.
The only answer is, simple ideas traded over diversified markets with multiple trading systems with [...]

Successful commodity traders and forex traders know there is a random distribution of results of winners and losers. The majority of commodity traders and forex traders use some type of mechanical trading systems. The reason they use a mechanical trading system is that they can test out their plan and see the historical back tests [...]

For any of those contemplating investing in the commodity markets, they need to be very aware that losses are part of the game. As Ed Seykota has taught so many commodity and forex traders… losses are like breathing. They can not be avoided. If you are not having losses..either you are not trading.. or you [...]

One of the biggest reasons investors fail in commodity trading or forex trading is unrealistic expectations. In conjunction to unrealistic expectations… too many lack my holy grail of Discipline and Patience. Too many traders feel they will hit double digit or even triple digit returns consistently. Well folks, this is not reality. Commodity trading and [...]

After being in the field since 1994 and working with many investors and traders it has become very clear to me what is the HOLY GRAIL in the Commodity Markets & Forex Markets. The whole basis of trading with CNBC, Bloomberg and others is based on trying to have an edge of information or finding [...]

This is an article that Lamont Adair asked me to share with the readers of myinvestorsplace.com
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There are many that do not understand that commodity trading and forex trading are a zero sum game. In other words in order for one forex or commodity trader to benefit ( make money) another trader loses money. It is very clear to me after all these years of commodity trading. Consistent winning commodity traders [...]

There are many novice traders in commodity trading & forex trading that feel they need to have accuracy higher than 70% or even 80%. This is absolutely inaccurate. These are the same inexperienced traders that believe that they can have an automated forex holy grail system.
The fact is,firstly traders in both commodity trading and forex [...]

The Forex trading industry

With a daily turnover of over $3.2 trillion, as estimated by The Bank of International
Settlement, the Forex market has quickly become the world`s biggest and most liquid
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