Trends in the commodities markets have been nice this summer. We have seen some good moves in the grain and interest rate markets.
We have recently closed out some long Wheat positions for over $6,200 per contract. Soybeans are holding a nice trend. We signaled to enter the soybeans long on July 9th and currently have [...]

Good Morning, Looks like the markets are starting to come back in our direction after the last few days of pullback.
We have been short the major currencies, long the dollar and long bonds for the past few weeks. These have been great moves, especially the euro fx short.
The last few days we have given back [...]

Stops are one of the most important tools in the commodity trader’s arsenal. Because commodities are actually with futures contracts they are highly leveraged instruments as trading vehicles. When trading anything utilizing leverage it is extremely important to incorporate stops into your trading plan.
Leverage is truly a double edge sword, which demands respect. On one [...]

The commodities markets are starting to move again. The last blog I wrote at the end of April pointed out that it was a great time to get into some trades again. Well here you can see some of the trades my system TradeThink has show to enter since the last blog post.

As you can [...]

The best time to start trading commodities is during a draw down. Most traders focus on a counterproductive time to enter the markets or a trading system. The truth is that after my nearly 20 years in the markets is that most traders lose.
One of the keys to trading successfully from the get go is [...]

Commodities are once again poised for higher movement as the US Dollar weakens. After much hoopla over the stimulus bill and housing bill, it looks as though commodities traders are beginning to realize that the US Dollar has little choice but to weaken.
With interest rates having little room left to move lower and due to [...]

It is a wonder that we live in 2009. We are being told that we are living in the greatest recession since the great depression. One problem; we are currently in a Obama paper recession. What is a Obama paper recession? It is a recession that looks like a recession on paper but in reality [...]

Great commodities and futures trading strategies utilize trend following. I am the developer of www.TradeThink.com. Currently TradeThink is both following some very good trades as well as some very choppy commodities markets right now.
According to TradeThink Gold recently looked to keep going up through $1000 an ounce and then bounced to be trading much [...]

Last nights Obama Presidential Address effects commodities markets. After a banner year in 2008 for commodities markets to rise and fall which enabled commodities trading stategies like TradeThink to make hugh trades. The uncertainty plagued by addresses like that from President Obama last evening are sure to take a toll. Commodities trading strategies like TradeThink [...]

Will the new recently approved stimulus bill help or hurt commodities traders? It depends on the type of commodities trading you are doing. If you are trend trading a diversified portfolio of market sectors, I believe you will be rewarded. I prefer to use TradeThink for analyzing the commodities markets. With a trading system like [...]