One Method to Flush Out Oil Speculators: "Liquidation Only" Restriction
Daniel Dicker, a former oil trader writing at TheStreet ... has not been manipulative but just a rush to improve gains in commodities... The futures markets, however [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 18:46:52
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It’s Hard to Be a Hedge Fund
Jay Miller reports: Hedge funds had a rough July as bets on rising commodity prices and falling financial stocks failed to pan out, ... . The trade has been a favorite of traders for some time. High oil prices and troubles in the U.S. banking [more...]
Date: 2008-08-12 08:34:00
Monday morning links
TOP STORIES Further bank aid must include pay limits - Reuters U.S ... as traders weigh ECB meeting - MarketWatch 'Uranium prices will go to $80-90 a pound in 2009' - Commodity Online The Long-Term Gets Shorter - Hussman Funds Massive forces cloud market outlook - MSN [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 14:18:03
Afternoon Reading: Lehman’s Plans Don’t Impress the Internet
After weeks of speculation, Lehman Brothers finally laid out its plan. The Wall Street firm forecasted a fiscal third-quarter loss of $3 ... what a pickle the firm is in. The firm’s current liquidity should pacify traders for a while. But unless ... , Fuld has a rich “golden parachute.” Tidbits Lehman souvenirs are a hot commodity, reports [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 10:25:00
Who let the oil market be manipulated?
For anyone who believes that speculation by energy traders explains at least a portion of the run-up in oil prices, the announcement that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating oil market ... some commodity trading exchanges to operate without oversight while others must report what's going [more...]
Date: 2008-05-30 15:51:47
President Bush Threatens Veto of Poison-pill Laden Drilling Bill; Oil Falls to $90/bbl
—Gabriel Malor So far, Republicans have managed not to cave on offshore drilling (though ANWR seems to be out of the question) ... . In related news, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission actually looked through the data ... the six-month period. In other words, index traders and swap dealers were driving the future price [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 14:55:10
"China may be heading for a severe economic slowdown"
The dreary forecast comes from Eric Fishwick, chief economist at CLSA, an Asia-focused private equity firm ... , monthly national power output in October fell for the first time in a decade. Traders in Singapore said it could be a slump that would have a huge negative impact on global commodity demand: ferrous [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 03:14:31
In The News Today
Dear CIGAs, There is absolutely no question that the price of gold will reach $1200, $1650 and then continue onward to Alf’s numbers ... , according to the median forecast of 20 analysts, traders and investors surveyed by Bloomberg ... crisis since World War II. The metal was one of only four commodities to rise when the Reuters [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 15:24:36
U.S Market Update
- Markets are off their best levels in early trading as traders give up some of the gains from yesterday's rally ... levels not seen in nearly a month. Commodity stocks in general are seeing a snap back from [more...]
Date: 2008-07-09 17:52:37
Understanding The Silk Road
The silk fabric fascinated even the ancient civilizations. It was considered to be a valuable commodity and China was the main producer of the finest silks ... items traveled great distances along the trade route. Traders in India and Malaysia valued [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 20:45:42
Trading Options: Short Term Power Moves
trading options has many advantages over other investment vehicles ... Strangle.Option contracts also provide traders with an enormous amount of leverage. In the US, 1 option ... of 1,000 times the underlying stock or commodity. Our Newsletter Services are backed by years [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 05:01:16
Dec 29 2008
Mostly slow day, still presented a few nice trades. SLW particularly was useful educational one as we applied so called "umbrella concept" ... :30 {Threei} NYMEX FEB CRUDE FUTURES MOVE BACK BELOW $40/BARREL - TRADERS 08:30 {Threei} **Note ... {ese} my kind of measuring 09:18 {Threei} watching SLW, possible mover on renewed commodities [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 21:06:20
From the U.S. to Australia – Where the Majors Stand
By Chris Gaffney, CFA www.everbank.com I’m assuming you’ll be away from the markets for a few days yourself as you spend time with your ... . Commodity currencies like the Canadian dollar, South African Rand, and the Australian dollar ... Zealand dollars rose as the Fed’s bailout pushed traders back towards risky markets. These currencies [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 18:58:49
The Funny and Money Monday Daily Links
My oh my are the airlines in trouble. You can mess with the vacationers but don't mess with the business travelers. The days of floor traders are slowly coming to an end Barrons is banking on $100 oil ... happy about it. The Brightest Stars in the Commodity Boom (try to forget the gay Asian cowboy [more...]
Date: 2008-06-23 11:25:00
Margin Debt Drops to 2005 Levels (FNM, FRE, X, FCX)
It appears the trend of buying or shorting stocks with borrowed funds continues to trend down ... . There was a lot of money to be made for traders who shorted names like Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), as well as many of the red-hot commodity stocks that peaked this past summer [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 16:39:53
Unfolding Worldwide Turmoil Could Reverse Years of Prosperity
TIPPING POINT? Traders work at the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange in Sao Paulo. Brazilian stocks plunged the most in a decade as commodity producers dropped, and trading was halted twice because of the decline. (By Marcos Issa — Bloomberg News) [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 15:21:42
EU Lawmakers Press ECB to Reconsider Inflation Ceiling
European lawmakers want the European Central Bank to reconsider its inflation ceiling, ... commodity prices and the euro’s surge. Policy makers are unlikely to yield to political pressure. ECB ... , boosted the euro, as traders priced in the possibility of further interest-rate increases. Higher interest [more...]
Date: 2008-07-17 08:52:00
Study Shows Speculators Helped LOWER Oil Prices
It was said to be the year of speculators gone wild ... , the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has offered hard statistical data that financial trading hasn't ... -month period. In other words, index traders and swap dealers were driving the future price of oil [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 15:39:38
Dow Gets Bullish, Commodities Iffy
Hope you survived the week! Interesting new signals from my trading setups based on this afternoon's Commitments of Traders data on the latest derivatives positioning. See my latest signals table [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 21:10:00
Speculators are Part of the Market
In a July 21, 2008 column in the Jewish World Review with a shouting headline of STOP OIL SPECULATION NOW! ... trade the right to specified quantities of a specified commodity to be delivered at some point ... to deliver a barrel of crude petroleum on December 1, 2016 at a price of $150. Traders who believe the price [more...]
Date: 2008-07-24 22:30:22
FOREX Trading Advantages
by singapore trader reports get you ever given some thought to trading FX, which is also known as currency, forex, or foreign exchange? ... , indices and commodities globally.CFDs (Contracts For Differences) are one of the worlds’ fastest [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:41:49
FOREX Trading Advantages
by singapore trader reports get you ever given some thought to trading FX, which is also known as currency, forex, or foreign exchange? ... , indices and commodities globally.CFDs (Contracts For Differences) are one of the worlds’ fastest [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 15:40:06
TU#118 - short positions do some braking
Jump to CommentsTRADING UPDATEOK, that felt more familiar ... on 31 December, and the 3 short commodity ETFs I re-instituted the same day had the desired braking ... (TSX:HGD).Speaking of HGD, by far my most prolific trader, but which I had almost given up for dead [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 03:49:04
Traders Driving Oil Prices Up
"Just about everyone is ducking for cover. Big Oil is pointing fingers at hedge fund managers, who blame commodity index funds, who in turn cite surging demand in China, production losses in Nigeria [more...]
Date: 2008-06-19 20:03:56
Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan
Dear CIGAs, Due to time constraints associated with trading I have to keep things short today – gold rebounded off of support near yesterday’s lows ... the line just below $866 or so. Some of this selling is no doubt associated with commodity index fund ... up all the gains that it managed to ridiculously acquire as the ninny index funds went diving [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 19:18:29
Potential Portfolio Candidates
I've been jettisoning some names this week to make way for new kids on the block; or in some cases, old friends we've once owned ... commodity stocks since HAL9000 trades** almost all of them in 1 group; if oil and/or the Baltic Dry ... you get trounced. These are just day traders paradise for now. Remember, to HAL9000 oil = coal = iron ore [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 18:58:41
Surprise! More Jobs Lost & Unemployment Surges
A: Well, not a surprise actually. Anyone surprised by this report simply has decided to keep their head in the sand, to hold on to hope ... , as the fed futures traders and mass media led us to believe. Today's surge in unemployment, downward ... cut, from bets on a rate hike previously to combat commodity inflation. First the news [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 14:11:04
Putin’s Deguello
Streetwise Professor reports on Vladimir Putin’s “deguello*”:The island of stability theme is now longer operative ... with the world economy–through the commodity markets, most notably the oil market (as a seller) and the grain ... from Russian hands.Some things are somewhat changed. Today, international investors and currency traders [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 10:05:33
Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan
Dear CIGAs, As expected, the return of a larger number of traders to New York this morning saw the return of the usual selling gang which had been missing in action on Friday of last week. Gold had risen sharply in overnight trading before ... . Gold is however trading solidly above its 100 day moving average on the continuous daily price chart [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 18:36:00
Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan
Dear CIGAs, It is difficult to get an accurate read on today’s price action because it was dominated by front running of index fund rebalancing to conform to changes being made in some of the major commodity indices. Copper was up 7% at one time ... the various commodity markets. Frankly I find the idea of reducing the weighting of gold [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 18:59:22
Did Speculation Fuel Oil Price Swings?
(CBS) About the only economic break most Americans have gotten in the last six months has been the drastic drop in the price of oil, which has fallen even more precipitously than it rose. In a year's time, a commodity that was theoretically priced according to supply and demand doubled from $69 a barrel to nearly $150 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:10:00
Top Five Causes of the Financial Crisis
1. Alternative Realities: The Black-Scholes Revolution Hatched by two Berkeley finance professors, the Black-Scholes model of pricing options securities took hold in the financial industry in the 1980s. It was known as “Portfolio Insurance” because it purported to free traders of all market risk, at least theoretically [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 00:43:12
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
Useless T.A.-T.A.’s?
By John Galt January 1, 2009 The question that is the title of this piece has been bothering me since the “mysterious” rally on August 15-17 of 2007. It took me the entire month of December of 2008, that’s right through yesterday, to figure out why the traditional methodologies may no longer apply, at least in my opinion [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 04:35:11
FX Market Overview
The Two Ronnies used to start their programmes with the line” And in a packed show this evening...” and that is just how I feel this morning. There is almost too much news to cover in a short report but, committed as I am (or perhaps as I should be) I will give it a bash. Sterling is rallying [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 11:39:13
The Real Election Trading
For the last few days traders have been talking about whether the equity market is “discounting” a win by Senator Barack Obama (D ... Futures Trading Commission, according to Tom Snee, spokesman for the IEM. (Intrade is an unregulated ... near as liquid as even the more thinly-traded commodities, that doesn’t mean there isn’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 17:32:29
The Real Election Trading
For the last few days traders have been talking about whether the equity market is “discounting” a win by Senator Barack Obama (D ... Futures Trading Commission, according to Tom Snee, spokesman for the IEM. (Intrade is an unregulated ... near as liquid as even the more thinly-traded commodities, that doesn’t mean there isn’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 20:25:00
Oil Ready For Another Big Bull Run?
Bolling: Oil Should Be in the $70-$85 Range, Buy the DipsPosted Jan 07, 2009 11:53am EST by Aaron Task in Investing, CommoditiesRelated: USO, DUG, ... futures contracts expire each month.Bolling said he will add to the USO position if/when spot crude falls ... from the different brokerage houses areall over the place. The parameters they are looking at [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 21:15:00
2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00
2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00
2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00
Oil price outlook from Roger Wiegand: Part II
... up in the commodity market to invest, that investors should look at as a general trend? RW: The two best commodity plays for next year, in my view, are gold and soybeans. Corn and wheat are going to be good, too [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 14:33:58
Technical Analysis 3 for the Professional Forex Trader 2007 (Interactive Cd)
.fullpost{display:inline;}Studio:Online Trading AcademyFormat:Cd-rom, Original Recording, Animated, CdLanguage:English (Unknown) ... ! • 3) Learn to see Sentiment shifts with CCI and ROC and understand why Commodities are so tightly ... and form a rock solid decision support program, the foundation for everyone when it comes to trading [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 05:20:00
S&P 500, Gold in Cash
I updated my latest signals table this morning based on yesterday's holiday-delayed Commitments of Traders data ... signal is based on: (1) the commercial traders, who have sat at extremes of bearish net positioning ... in 2009!TAGS: S&P 500, SPX, gold, COT, Commitments of Traders, derivatives, Black Swans, market timing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 18:43:00
Get Buy / Sell Call on BSE, NSE & NSE F&O Shares: 13 Jan 2009
1. Satyam has proved itself as Zhootha and Raju7 has become a Conman from being a gentleman. The real story and Raju motive behind the whole story is as assessed by me and a few pertinent questions which needs to be probed by SEBI. 2. Raju in a deliberate move kept inflating the profit to keep Satyam ahead in the race in so many years but his [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 18:21:56
forex avenger Greetings fellow forex traders. I just found out that there is a new forex trading course called Forex Avenger ... is NOT an automated trading system - i.e it is not an EA (expert advisor). It is though a 100% mechanical trading system, which seems to be the hot commodity everyone is looking for in the forex world. Here [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 15:02:36
CFTC Investigating Whether Big Traders Lied About Oil Inventories
Wow, what happened? The CFTC went from being a lapdog to developing teeth. A little late, now that oil prices are on a forced march downward, but the commission could ... , they can be dogged as well. From the Wall Street Journal: Commodity-market regulators are investigating whether [more...]
Date: 2008-09-04 05:13:24
Commodities Markets Expected to Stabilize in 2009
Monday, December 29, 2008 Commodities may face lingering economic pressures; ... , particularly for those who had invested in oil, futures contracts were their undoing.At the start of 2009 ... demand and they need present demand," said Matt Zeman, head trader at LaSalle Futures in Chicago. "Until [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 02:50:00
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