Futures

By: Jim Fink, Investing Daily   Because VIX calls are based on VIX futures instead of the more volatile “spot” VIX, in the past I suggested that it would be easier to hedge a portfolio against a “black swan” stock market decline using S&P 500 puts–either...

Editor's Note: This is a guest post Trading with price action can yield very high income for the smart investor, and can produce good profits on several FX pairs, futures and commodities. In this article we intend to describe few of the most consistent stock patterns for most gains. Pattern: MA...

Today's Trading rule of the Day is: "Do not short a parabolic market and do not catch a falling knife." The bloodbath on Netlflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) continued as their Q3 earnings were not high enough to shore up confidence in the stock. One of the rules we follow is to stay away from "falling knife...

The Beginning Everyone has seen the strong bull-trend in gold over the years. In the last five years, the commodity is up over 170%. This compares to a 11% loss in the S&P 500. In the beginning, the main theme behind the bull-trend was a worry about inflation as world banks pumped money in...

It is important when initiating trades to have targets. You will notice that we try to give price objectives when establishing long and short positions for our clients in most trades. After five positive sessions Crude looks like we will see a negative close with prices settling just above the...

Wheat futures, along with the rest of the grain complex took a beating last week on a stronger US Dollar and favorable MidWest weather conditions. This Wednesday's USDA crop report could be pivotal on whether prices continue lower or go back higher to regain uptrend status. Although the seasonal...

Recent Analysis Since the beginning of 2009, we have seen an impressive bull trend in crude oil futures. The bull trend started to putter out in May 2011, trading over $114 per barrel at its peak. After hitting its peak, crude futures began its downtrend. The commodity started to trend lower,...

LIVESTOCK: December live cattle closed down $1.50 at $120.35 today. Prices closed near the session low today and saw profit-taking pressure. The key “outside markets” were fully bullish for the cattle market today, as the U.S. dollar index was sharply lower, while crude oil and the U.S. stock...

Human nature being what it is the sentiment is most bearish at the bottoms and bullish at the tops. We wrote, for example, that the one trade that appeared the hardest to make at the start of the third quarter of 2007 was selling bank shares. At the beginning of 2009 we noted that the hardest...

GRAINS: December corn futures closed down 7 1/2 cents at $5.85 1/4 today. Prices closed near mid-range and closed at a fresh 6.5-month low close today. The key "outside markets" were again bearish for the corn market today as crude oil and the U.S. stock indexes were lower, while the U.S. dollar...