June 8, 2010 CFTC Publishes Advisory on the Extent to which U.S. Investors May Trade in Foreign Security Futures Products Washington, DC – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC’s) Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight (DCIO) today published an Advisory clarifying the extent to which certain sophisticated customers located in the U.S. may transact… read more
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Are You On A Search For The Holy Grail? It doesn’t exist! – Swing trading
Trades from April 28, 2009 to June 4,2010 Sign up for a FREE 30 day Trial Most trading programs and algorithms on the market use the same set of static rules and parameters for every market. The result is a program that grows stale quickly or simply doesn’t work for many markets. The systematic Swing… read more
Swing Trading Strategy – How “action – reaction” projected the major reversal in Cotton. [chart]
July Cotton – Short from 81.10 – Exit price @ 76.75 – Hit the Target! Cotton broke out of a three-point zigzag pattern o n May 27th. The market had just retested the upper parallel line and closed at the low of the daily price range. This failure signaled the end of the consolidation and… read more
Swing Trading Strategies – How to indentify a market ready to make a major price move. [chart]
August Gold – Gold offers another great example of the “energy coil” in action. A short-term reaction swing had formed between May 31st and June 3rd when Gold posted two consecutive lower closes and tested the lower up-sloping parallel line and 20–day EMA support. The reaction swing occurred inside the longer-term reaction seven-day reaction swing… read more
Best Swing Trading Strategy for finding the “sweet spot” in the market – by John Crane
This is excerpt from the TMV Swing Trade report written on Thursday, June 3rd, after the buy recommendation was issued for the July Natural gas. July Natural gas – Long from 4.4235 – last price @ 4.698 – July N-gas began to consolidate into a choppy sideways trading pattern in late March. The market stayed inside… read more
Futures Broker / Grain Calls and News
WHEAT – Down 1 to 3 cents per bushel. Plentiful supplies, firm dollar expected to weigh on prices early. Traders said the market was trying to consolidate after the July contract fell to a new low on Thursday. CORN – Down 1 to 2 cents per bushel. Weaker-than-expected export sales, good crop weather around U.S.… read more
Futures Broker / Grain Calls and News
WHEAT – Down 4-7 cents. * U.S. winter wheat harvest accelerating amid good weather * Spreading concerns about stripe rust problems in Plains HRW region noted * Head scab a concern in SRW wheat areas. CORN – Down 3-5 cents. * Pressured by near-ideal weather conditions in the U.S. Midwest. * China weekly corn auctions… read more
Swing Trading strategy – Gap-N-Go pattern triggers strong buy in Crude oil. [chart]
In the May 27th (Thursday) issue of the TMV Swing Trading report, I recommended buying the July Crude oil on a pullback to 70.80. The market had closed at 71.51 after confirming a bullish Gap-N-Go pattern. Crude dipped down to 70.67 early in the following session, where it triggered the buy signal before turning higher and staging a… read more
Futures Broker / Grain Calls and News
WHEAT – Steady to up 1 cent per bushel. * Short-covering bounce expected as dollar eases; market rebounding after contract lows hit early this week. End-month positioning expected. CORN – Down 1 to 2 cents per bushel. * Setback from Thursday’s higher close, with generally favorable U.S. crop weather overhanging the market. Quiet consolidation expected… read more
Futures Broker / Grain News and Calls
WHEAT – Up 3 to 5 cents per bushel. Boosted by weak dollar and higher equities markets. USDA’s export sales report showed U.S. wheat exports above trade expectations. CORN – Up 1 to 2 cents per bushel. Support from firm crude oil and higher equities in addition to a weak dollar and potential further sales… read more