Tag Archives: Commodity Futures Trading

Employment Situation Report May 6, 2011 – Futures Trading, Commodity Trading, Commodity Futures Trading, Futures trading news, Commodity trading news, Trading news, Futures Trading brokerage, Commodity Trading Brokerage, Unemployment, Nonfarm payrolls, private payrolls

Prior Consensus Consensus Range Actual Nonfarm Payrolls – M/M change 216,000 185,000 140,000  to 325,000 244,00 Unemployment Rate – Level 8.8 % 8.8 % 8.6 % to 8.9 % 9.0 % Average Hourly Earnings – M/M change 0.0 % 0.2 % 0.1 % to 0.2 % 0.1 % Av Workweek – All Employees 34.3 hrs 34.3 hrs 34.3 hrs to 34.3 hrs 34.3 hrs Private Payrolls – M/M change 230,000 200,000 165,000  to 350,000 268,000 Nonfarm payroll in April grew… read more

Market Wrap up for May 5th 2011 – Futures Trading, Commodity trading, Commodity Futures Trading, Futures Trading News, Futures Trading Brokerage, Commodity Trading brokerage

Market Wrap Up for May 5th 2011 Futures Trading, Commodity trading, Commodity Futures Trading, Futures Trading News, Futures Trading Brokerage, Commodity Trading brokerage… read more

Jobless Claims Increase by 43,000 jobs for May 5, 2011 – Futures Trading, Commodity Trading, Futures trading Brokerage firm, Unemployment, Trading news, Trading, Swing Trading, Commodity Futures Trading

Based on the revised numbers of 431,000 from the previous report Jobless Claims Increased by 43,000 jobs  reaching the highest level in 8 months: 474,000   Prior Consensus Consensus Range Actual New Claims – Level 429 K 410 K 400 K to 450 K 474 K… read more

BOE Announcement-Futures news, Futures Trading, Economic News, Trading News, Commodity news, Commodity Trading, Futures Brokerage, Commodity Brokerage

Released on 5/5/2011 7:00:00 AM Prior Consensus Actual change 0 bp 0 bp 0 bp Level 0.5 % 0.5 % 0.5 % Highlights Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee left its key interest rate at 0.5 percent unchanged… read more

FREE Trading Webinar Tomorrow May 5th 2011 – Trading, Swing Trading Strategies, Futures Trading, Commodity Trading, Commodity Futures Trading, Futures Brokerage, Commodity Brokerage, Action Reaction, Elliot Wave, John Crane, Fibonacci, Reversals

Join us for a Webinar on Thursday, May 5, 2011 The most important element of a successful swing trading approach is market timing of both entry and exits. In this educational webinar, you will learn to predict, identify, and trade short-term swing trades in futures, stocks or forex using a unique swing trading “market timing… read more

Grains Opening Calls-Futures News,Futures Trading, Futures Broker, Commodity News,Commodities Trading, Commodities Broker

Wheat called 3 to 5 cents lower Corn called Mixed Soybeans 4 to 5 cents lower slow export sales of U.S. wheat, profit-taking and long-liquidation: Wheat fields in northern and central Kansas showed yield potential that was slightly below average as dry weather may slow wheat growing stage… read more

Trade of the Day in “Silver”- Buying Opportunity – Futures Trading, Commodity trading, Commodity Futures Trading

After the exacerbated move in silver to the down side that we have seen in the last week this may be a potential opportunity to pick up some lite silver long positions.  Today we are looking at July Silver call spreads. On a daily chart the bull trend is still intact.  The market has trade back to… read more