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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SunGard Acquires ICE Risk Solution
SunGard has acquired the ICE Risk commodity trading solution from IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE). ICE Risk is a real-time position-keeping and risk management system that captures and values exchange-traded and cleared products across multiple trading venues.
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.
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
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.
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.