Jim Wyckoff on Trading Options on Futures

A while back, I received several emails from readers wanting to know if they should short the crude oil market because of its lofty price levels. I responded that I don’t give specific trading recommendations, but I certainly do want to help my readers succeed at the difficult task of trading futures markets. Given the [...]

Commodity Online Trading…commodities In Your Future

Futures trading is now a 24 hour, seven days a week enterprise, and undoubtedly the main reason you are researching it.  Like all financial instruments, the futures market is highly regulated, but not by the SEC. From crops such as corn or wheat, to oil, gold, and currency, commodities get traded on the futures market. [...]

Commodities Trading… Do You Know Your Peas and Q’s Of Futures?

More Than One Hundred and Fifty Years of U.S. History Anyone who has seen the classic movie Trading Places knows what commodities are. For those of you who have not gotten the privilege of seeing Eddie Murphy at his best,  commodities are any physical, tangible goods. From crops such as corn or wheat, to oil, [...]

Commodity Trading Strategies

The Oldest MarketHere in the U.S. it began more than 150 years ago at the Chicago Board of Trade with the first agricultural futures contract. In 1982 options on futures was introduced, and in the 1990′s exchanges introduced electronic trading. Futures trading is now a 24 hour, seven days a week enterprise, and undoubtedly the [...]