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.
Commodity Traders Asked to Pay Attention to Grain and Exotic Commodity Sectors
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How To Profit From Online Commodity Trading
Commodity futures have many advantages as an investment compared to other investment types such as bonds, real estate, or stocks. So now is the time to learn how to profit from online commodity trading. The main attraction is the ability to make large profits over a short period of time. Leverage is what makes it so profitable so learn how to profit from online commodity trading using leverage.
Commodity Trading - What is the MACD Histogram
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Free Tips on Investing in a Commodity Bull Market
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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:
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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.
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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How To Make Money With Commodity Trading
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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.
Vision Capital Management (Commodity Trading Advisor) Announces April 2008 Returns
Vision Capital Management, a Commodity Trading Advisor trading commodity futures, has announced its April 2008 returns at . Vision Capital Management trend-follows 55 commodity futures markets on 14 exchanges over 6 continents. The most active commodity futures markets that Vision Capital Management traded in April were Crude Oil futures, Cocoa futures, S&P 500 futures, and Pork Belly futures.
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BCM Launches CTA Database For Managed Futures Investors
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) October 9, 2008 -- Balarie Capital Management recently announced that they have launched a free CTA database (http://www.balariecapital.com/products/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 (http://www.balariecapital.com)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.
"In light of the current market conditions, we feel that investors are searching for ways to diversify their current portfolios," said Emanuel Balarie, Managing Director of Balarie Capital Management. "Our database offers them access to an alternative asset class- managed futures- that can be a valuable tool in adding portfolio diversification, potentially reducing overall volatility and potentially achieving a higher performance than traditional investment portfolios."
With managed futures (http://www.balariecapital.com/resources/), investors can generate returns that are non-correlated with their traditional investments. The reason is that Commodity Trading Advisors use different strategies, trade different markets, and implement different trading time frames than traditional stock and bond investments. Because various mangers have different ways of generating returns, there will be managers that can profit and thrive during recessions and bear markets.
Some of the strategies that are currently represented in the database include the following:
• Trend Following: Trend following is a strategy that simply follows trends based on certain technical indicators, like moving averages and breakouts. CTAs that specialize in this strategy can profit from both rising markets (by being long futures contracts) and declining markets (by being short the futures contracts). Trend followers, however, often do not fare well during choppy or sidewise markets.
• Counter Trend: This strategy seeks to profit from trend reversals. If you look at charts, you will notice that no market moves continuously up or down. There are often pullbacks and reversals. This strategy seeks to profit from those types of moves.
• Arbitrage: There are a number of sub-strategies that fall under arbitrage. The most prevalent in the managed futures industry is statistical arbitrage. A simple example of this strategy is if one manager simultaneously purchased gold on one exchange (for a lower price) and sold it on another exchange (for a higher price). This strategy looks to profit from the price difference.
• Global Macro / Fundamental Focus: Commodity Trading Advisors that trade the markets from a fundamental approach often look at crop reports, weather patterns, and economic data to determine whether to enter a trade. These managers can be implementing any number of strategies- including be short the market
Emanuel Balarie added, "We continue to believe that buy and hold strategies are no longer effective in this market environment. Investors need to consider allocating to alternative investment strategies have the ability to provide them with absolute returns."
In addition to access to the free CTA database, Balarie Capital Management is offering investors a free educational brochure on managed futures. Investors who are interested in receiving additional information should contact (http://www.balariecapital.com/requestinformation/)BCM.
The risk of loss in trading futures and options contracts can be substantial. You should therefore, carefully consider whether such trading is suitable for you. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
About Balarie Capital Management: About Balarie Capital Management ("BCM"):
BCM specializes in assisting institutional and high-net worth investors who are interested in investing in managed futures. Our consultative approach, independent research and analysis, and access to over 400 Commodity Trading Advisors, allows us to create custom managed futures portfolios that are designed to meet your specific investment needs.
About Emanuel Balarie: Emanuel is Managing Director of Balarie Capital Management, the managed futures division of Archer Financial Services, Inc. Emanuel works with institutional and high net worth investors regarding their managed futures investments. After graduating from the U.C. Berkeley, Emanuel started his career working for the San Francisco branch office of Merrill Lynch. After working for several other firms, ranging from dealing with commodities, stocks, futures, and alternative investments, Emanuel decided to combine his expertise and industry experience with the financial integrity and resources of Archer Financial Services, Inc.
Throughout his career, Emanuel has been an advisor to clients and institutions on the commodity markets and managed futures. His research has been published in many parts of the world, and he often speaks at national and international investment conferences. Balarie has appeared numerous times on CNBC, and is frequently quoted in dozens of financial publications such as, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Marketwatch from Dow Jones, Barron's, MSN Money, and Bloomberg.
Mr. Balarie is also the author of the book, Commodities for Every Portfolio and Editor of CommodityNewsCenter.Com (http://www.commoditynewscenter.com)
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