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.
Free Tips on Investing in a Commodity Bull Market
Learn how to buy in on the inevitable price declines in the long term commodity bull market.
Commodity Trading - Advantages and Disadvantages
What Is Commodity Trading?Commodity futures markets allow commercial producers and commercial consumers to offset the risk of adverse future price movements in the commodities that they are selling or buying.In order to work a futures contract must be standardised.
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
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.
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.
Announcing Managed Futures with Foss Mountain Capital: Help for High Net Worth Investors to Position Their Investment Portfolios in Today's Volat
Foss Mountain Capital breaks down the details of a managed futures account and outlines the benefits therein. They also explain the due diligence process of manager search and selection.
Commodity Traders Asked to Pay Attention to Grain and Exotic Commodity Sectors
The grain futures and food futures may be poised to lead the commodity markets higher into the Spring and early Summer of next year.
The Role Of A CTA, Commodity Trading Advisor
Commodity Trading Advisor, Genuine Trading Solutions, a registered CTA with the CFTC, says the role today of a CTA is constantly evolving.
African American Investment Expert Wrote the Book on Commodity Trading -- Enlightening African American and Young Investors and Offering One Month Com
Shownna Clarke's upwardly mobile corporate growth has taken her from TIAA-CREF Investment Accounting Associate to Credit Suisse First Boston Account Coordinator to Assistant Vice President of International Sales at one of the world's oldest and most prestigious investment firms. She is an investment expert who is wholly qualified to guide you through the relatively obscure and rewarding world of commodity trading. In "ABC's to Commodity Trading: the Handbook for Beginners," Clarke shares with her readers how to make up to $1,000 on a penny price move.
Leverage and Commodities Trading - The Basic Terminology
Commodities trading, like any other commodity trading, utilize a principle called "leverage" to expand the reach of the investor Much like mechanical leverage in your old physics class, financial leverage is about multiplying the amount of motion you get from the energy you put into a transaction
How Commodity Trading Differs from Stock Trading
There are major differences between trading stocks and trading
futures. While stories of fortunes made or lost overnight on the futures markets are largely untrue, the futures trader, if using a sound trading system, can usually make more money on the futures market and make it much faster.
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.
Veotoro Management LLC Implements SunGard's Kiodex SaaS Solution for Commodity Trading and Risk Management
Veotoro Management, a Miami-based commodity hedge fund, has implemented SunGard's Kiodex Risk Workbench for commodity trading and risk management. Veotoro will use Kiodex to manage portfolio risk using a range of reports for risk analysis, profit and loss, attribution, mark to market and Value at Risk (VaR). Kiodex will support the new fund's relative value trading strategy in commodities and in the global energy sector.
Online Commodity Trading - Learning To Trade Futures
What is a Futures Contract?
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SunGard's Kiodex Real Time Enhanced with Expanded Market Coverage for Commodity Trading
New York, NY (Vocus) September 24, 2009 -- SunGard has released additional capabilities for its Kiodex Real Time (http://www.sungard.com/financialsystems/products/kiodexrealtime.aspx) 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 (http://www.cmegroup.com/) (CME), giving firms the ability to access real-time trade and pricing data on a single platform.
Formerly IntercontinentalExchange's (ICE) ICE Risk system acquired by SunGard in May 2009, Kiodex Real Time captures and values exchange-traded and cleared products across multiple trading venues. Kiodex Real Time now connects to the CME, including the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the New York Mercantile Exchange (http://www.nymex.com/index.aspx) (NYMEX) and COMEX, a division of NYMEX. Commodity trading firms trading on these exchanges will be able to use Kiodex Real Time to view accurate information on trades, market data, and profit and loss automatically in real time. The system also analyzes and adjusts price curves, tracks trading limits instantly across exchanges, and helps firms comply with pending regulations around position limits.
Ben Jackson, senior executive vice president of SunGard's Energy and Commodities business unit, said, "The process of capturing trades and updating prices throughout the day can be time-consuming and error prone if done manually, particularly for large or growing trading organizations. Kiodex Real Time automates the capture and updating of positions throughout the day, giving firms an accurate, cross-market view of their positions, price curves, and profit and loss, all in real-time."
About SunGard's Kiodex
A Web-based trading and risk management solution for commodities traders, delivered on a Software-as-a-Service basis, Kiodex integrates deal capture and risk management capabilities with valuation models and independent market data. Traders, hedge funds and corporations with exposure to commodity prices use Kiodex to help measure risk, design optimal hedging strategies, improve price execution, and comply with accounting best practices. Visit SunGard's Kiodex at www.sungard.com/kiodex.
About SunGard
SunGard is one of the world's leading software and IT services companies. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries.
SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software.
With annual revenue exceeding $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 435 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and services company on the Forbes list of private businesses. Based on information compiled by Datamonitor*, SunGard is the third largest provider of business applications software after Oracle and SAP. Continuity, Insurance & Risk has recognized SunGard as service provider of the year an unprecedented six times. For more information, please visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.
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