Commodity Trading & Trend Following

Trend Following works on all time frames and all markets. When trading the stock market you want to make money. You do not want to be right. The idea I suggest is buying and selling the strongest & weakest shares if you can put on a low risk trade. You always need to trade with [...]

This has been the proverbial question. Should I be invested in bonds and if so how much and of course everyone has to be invested in the stock market ( or do they). A cartoon sums it up. Both the bond market and stock market are at interesting points. Both have serious issues which most [...]

Probably most trend followers were long the Nasdaq and SP 500 for a nice trade. My methodology had me exit yesterday albeit with a nice profit. However from a fundamental perspective there are possible reasons that the stock market is looking fragile. The negative news out of China and Europe don’t help either. Some issues [...]

If you listen to David Rosenberg a famed economist he makes points that are very clear. Not to be negative but the facts speak for themselves.
1.GDP projections for 2010 to the 1.5 to 2 percent range
2. Unemployment is unabated
3.Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans has publicly stated that government programs to help distressed homeowners [...]

The proverbial question is we in a V shaped recovery or a Bear Market Rally. Without predicting (One word every true trend follower hates) there are signs becoming apparent the stock market rally from March might be coming to an end. There are technical indicators which are pointing to weakness as well as recent economic [...]

I have heard so many times when speaking to investors that they have a diversified portfolio. I ask further and I have been told that they maintain a diversified portfolio of stocks consisting of both domestic and international companies. My immediate question is, are you really reducing your risk? Especially in these times it is [...]

I seem to have this discussion quit often. In order to achieve success in the commodity markets or forex markets does one need to have a higher level of intelligence than most. Past experience has proven this not to be the case. Example after example both public as well as in our brokerage have proven [...]

The statement…”Millions of dollars of profit for trend followers and commodity traders” are not a figment of my imagination. In Alpha Magazine in March of 2009 they listed the top 25 earners for 2008. The fact the top 25 are involved in futures trading and more so…trend following
Quoting Alpha Magazine.
#6 Bruce Kovner- Caxton Assoc. $640 [...]

So you want to be involved in Commodity trading and trend following. You realize the benefits of liquidity and transparency in commodity trading & trend following. You realize that potentially you can protect your net worth from the potential of inflation. I really should not even say potential, with all the money that was printed [...]

What do you think about the recent move up of both the S&P and Oil…
Check out these videos
S&P Video Analysis:
Crude Oil Projections:
Tweet This Post