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 [...]

There was a big pullback in the US Dollar today. Looks like all the talk of the EU is disturbing the traders. The EU is trying to save their currency, they may be able to shake up some of the traders.
The fundamentals for the Euro FX stay the same. It is a non-linear currency. [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]