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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Dear Trader,
There are fewer things more important in trading than one’s ability to stick with things when the weather gets foul. In trend trading we are waiting patiently for the next big moves. The markets only trend about 30% of the time. The rest of the time markets are going sideways or are in a [...]

Hello Fellow Traders,
My name is Chris Morse. I am the Developer and President of www.tradethink.com. I write to you from being both experienced and coming from the trading trenches. I started out in the industry as a broker at the ripe young age of 19 (I am 40 years old now, oh how time flies).
I [...]