![]() | Investing and Trading: Introduction to Futures My Daily Blog is at: http://investorandtrader.blogspot.com/ Ok, I've talked for a while about Commodities. About Futures. About Lean Hogs, Sugar and Orange Juice. But what are the Futures markets? What are Commodity Futures? How are they traded? I begin a series today, discussing this very thing. NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 12 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research. |
![]() | Investing and Trading: Systems and Methodologies My Daily Blog is at: http://investorandtrader.blogspot.com/ In order to make profits you have to enter and exit the market. Be it the stock market, the forex, commodity futures, or whatever. Pretty simple, right? Well how? How do you pick, based off a chart, when to enter and exit the market? Generally, this is where you need a system, or a methodology. A trading system is governed by a set of rules that do not deviate based on anything other than market action. Emotional bias is therefore reduced because the systems operate within the parameters known by the trader. The parameters can be trusted based on historical analysis and real world market studies, so that the trader who is familiar with the trading system and its operating characteristics can have confidence in a pre-determined trading strategy. NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 12 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research and risk tolerance. |
![]() | Investing and Trading: Futures Options - What are they? My Daily Blog is at: http://investorandtrader.blogspot.com/ So, I had that series regarding Futures, and Commodity Futures. What about options on Futures? I'm going to begin discussing that. Today we discuss exactly what * is * a Futures option? Why does it have value? NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 12 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research. |
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![]() | Investing and Trading: Futures Series - Epilogue My Daily Blog is at: http://investorandtrader.blogspot.com/ I concluded the Futures series last week, but I quickly discovered that there were still many questions regarding commodity futures. So I decided to throw up this 'epiloge' video answering the range of questions I received throughout the weekend. In todays video, I have some concluding remarks regarding this series and the Futures Markets ... NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 12 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research. |
![]() | Investing and Trading: Futures Options- Strategies My Daily Blog is at: http://investorandtrader.blogspot.com/ So, I had that series regarding Futures, and Commodity Futures. What about options on Futures? I've been discussing that. Ok. We've gone through the Futures, and had a whole series on Commodity Futures. We discussed why options are valuable. We discussed what is meant by the term "Put" option, and "Call" option. We discussed the five components of pricing with the Black - Scholes model. I will finish up by talking about Futures Options Strategies ... NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 12 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research. |
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![]() | Investing and Trading: When and HOW do we take profits? My Daily Blog is at: http://investorandtrader.blogspot.com/ We discuss the recently announced Bank of America (BAC) comments, Soymeal and Out of the Money Options, as well as some thoughts regarding bottoms and bear markets ... NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 12 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research. |
![]() | Investing and Trading: Futures Series - Concluding Remarks My Daily Blog is at: http://investorandtrader.blogspot.com/ We've been discussing commodity futures in recent blog entries. We learned what a commodity is. We learned that commodities are traded in contracts, and those contracts have specific sizes, and contract months. We talked about leverage and lock-limits. We started talking a bit about the nature of the Commodity Futures markets and that they are zero sum. We've started to discuss some of the "Players" in this zero sum game, with the Small Speculators. We talked then about the Large Funds and then the Commercials; finishing up with a discussion regarding the COT report ... In todays video, I have some concluding remarks regarding this series and the Futures Markets ... NOTE: This is not an investment or trading recommendation. The losses in trading can be very real, and depending on the investment vehicle, can exceed your initial investment. I am not a licensed trading or investment adviser, or financial planner. But I do have 12 years of experience in trading and investing in these markets. The Challenge accounts are run for the education of other traders who should make their own decisions based off their own research. |
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