Enron Commodity Trading was Not Original
If one were to go an annual report for El Paso Energy from 2000; they would find on page 11 of the shareholders report a picture of their 80,000 square foot trading floor, with 700 merchant staff. Enron many thought had in fact originated this; once upon a time claiming to be the largest in the world energy trading floor.
How To Make Money With Commodity Trading
Since the advent of the internet commodity trading has grown by leaps and bounds and just about anybody with a computer and a few spare dollars can get into the market. Here's how to make money with commodity trading.
Commodity Trading - What is the MACD Histogram
You might have come across this terminology once in a while in your technical analysis of the market and this article will explain to you a little more on the whole concept of the MACD Histogram and how it applies to you What it is in essence is the Moving Average Convergance-Divergance, which is a technical indicator for certain markets, which was developed a few years ago
Commodity Trading With Stochastic Oscillators
The stochastic oscillator was developed in the late fifties by George Lane. It is an oscillator which shows momentum in a commodity by comparing the current day's close to the high/low ranges over a specified amount of days. Consistent closings near the higher side of the range indicates buying pressure while a close consistently on the lower side of the range indicates weakness and selling pressure. It shows whether a commodity is overbought or oversold. The calculation of the formula is as follows:
Moving Averages And Their Uses In Commodity Trading
A key component of technical analysis and perhaps one of the oldest indicators around, moving averages are time-tested and affective indicators. There are many types of moving averages with varying indicators, but the primary purpose of all types of moving averages remains the same. Their purpose is to reduce or remove noise from the daily price movements and attracted trends of stocks, commodities or any thing you can plot or chart.
Wrapping Your Head Around Online Commodity Trading
Online commodity trading has since become a full fledged career option - from the niche status it enjoyed for a time Now, almost everyone can start a business endeavour on commodity trading and with the ease of the internet, there are no more barriers to speak of in connecting with a broker and the market
BCM Launches CTA Database For Managed Futures Investors
Balarie Capital Management recently announced that they have launched a free CTA database that tracks several hundred Commodity Trading Advisors. The CTA database allows individual and institutional investors (family offices, endowments, pensions) to view performance data on several hundred different Commodity Trading Advisors from all over the globe. Each CTA program contains 2 full pages of performance results, statistical data, and comparison analysis. In addition, database subscribers can search for specific managers based on specific criteria or combine managers to create their own custom portfolios.
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A Primer on Commodity Trading
Although most investors are solely familiar with equity trading, such as stocks or mutual funds, or investing in debt, such as bonds, commodity trading tends to be ignored despite the fact that it possesses many advantages over other types of investment instruments. Let's begin by defining what a 'commodity' is in the first place.
Can Commodity Trading Set You Free
That statement seems to be able to be applied to almost any market and any situation, as not only commodity trading, but any market has the ad line that says you can work anywhere in the world and be independent and not answer to anyone - all this can be yours if you just trade, trade and trade some more
Commodity Trading Involves Some Risk With Big Rewards
Commodity trading is the buying and selling of contracts of items that we use everyday. It is the trading of primary or raw products. Some of the items traded in the commodities market include such common, everyday items as: soy beans, cotton, orange juice, cocoa, sugar, wheat, corn, barley, pork bellies, milk, feedstuffs, fruits, vegetables, other grains, other beans, hay, other livestock, meats, poultry, and eggs. Energy items that are traded on the commodity markets include oil, natural gas, electricity, and gasoline. The commodity speculators in the energy market were blamed for the recent price increase in the cost of gasoline at the pump.
SunGard's Kiodex Real Time Enhanced with Expanded Market Coverage for Commodity Trading
SunGard has released additional capabilities for its Kiodex Real Time trade capture, position-keeping, mark-to-market and risk management solution for commodities. The enhancements provide expanded coverage of trading venues to include several new markets under the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), giving firms the ability to access real-time trade and pricing data on a single platform.
Market Risk - Not To Be Ignored or Overlooked
The first of a two part article&. Fund managers, whether they be equity or bond traders, know all too well that returns are not simply a result of their asset selection prowess. Many external factors come into play. But what are the issues facing the professional money manager.
Altegris Investments, Inc. Launches ManagedFutures.com: Updated Research and Marketing Website for Managed Futures Investors and Commodity Trading Adv
Altegris Investments, Inc. (Altegris) formally announced today the launch of a complete update to the ManagedFutures.com website (), which provides a public face for the managed futures capabilities of the firm. This new version of ManagedFutures.com includes many significant new features designed to help investors (including individual investors and institutional allocators) and managers (including Commodity Trading Advisors and Commodity Pool Operators) meet their goals in the managed futures space.
How To Get Started With Commodity Training
Commodity trading is an exciting investing opportunity that was once limited to brokers but that thanks to the internet anyone can play in. Here's how to get started with commodity trading.
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Commodity Trading With Stochastic Oscillators
The stochastic oscillator was developed in the late fifties by George Lane. It is an oscillator which shows momentum in a commodity by comparing the current day?s close to the high/low ranges over a specified amount of days. Consistent closings near the higher side of the range indicates buying pressure while a close consistently on the lower side of the range indicates weakness and selling pressure. It shows whether a commodity is overbought or oversold. The calculation of the formula is as follows:
%K = (Recent Close-Lowest Low (n) / Highest High (n) ? Lowest Low (n)) x 100
%D = 3 period moving average of %K
And (n) = the number of periods used for calculations
Hence, a 20 day stochastic oscillator would take the most recent close, the highest high of the last 20 days as well as the lowest low of the last 20 days. The general time period used here is the 14 time period. These formulas are given here for clarification only. One rarely ever needs to calculate these values manually, as the software used for charting will automatically plot it straight on your commodities chart.
Stochastic Oscillator - How Do We Use It?
Essentially, Stochastic Oscillators have three types. Fast, full and slow. By default, most trading software tends to use the fast one. Here, the oscillator comprises of two lines. The first one is %K which measures the raw momentum of the commodity. As discussed earlier, %D is just a simple moving average of %K, but is still more important than %K. Generally, it is seen that the %K line is the faster line, and the %D line is the slower one. A trader needs to look out for %D line and price both moving to either overbought territory, or the oversold territory. One can sell the commodity when it moves above 80, and then crosses over to begin moving down again and buy when it reaches 20 and begins to move up again. The slow or full stochastic oscillators are smoother, as compared to the fast stochastic. However, it is important to remember that just because the oscillator shows that it is above 80 does not mean that it is overbought. It may well continue to trend upwards a long time after that.
Divergences
Sometimes, something unusual happens. There is sometimes a divergence between the prices and the stochastic oscillator. When prices are moving up the oscillator is showing that it is oversold, and vice versa. This tells us that the current trend is losing steam. So, if the commodity moves up, but the %D is going down, this would be a bearish sign. However, it must be noted that the signal is not considered a divergence till %K line moves across the %D line in a direction opposite to the price. One has to be careful with the stochastic oscillator as there are a lot of whipsaw possibilities. Divergence trades are best taken when the oscillator moves below 80 once, moves back up again, and gives a double top formation to move down again below 80.
It is not advised to use this oscillator by itself. It is always better to get verification from as many different indicators, but this indicator will give you a very good idea about the trend momentum of a commodity.
David has traded futures & options for one of the largest cash trading firms in the world. He currently owns and runs the following websites: http://www.futuresoptionspapertrading.com & http://www.deltaneutraltrading.com
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