Sugar trading is romantic! Here’s some valuable hints and kinks taken from actual trading experiences.
Sugar is a great market for beginning commodity traders. Sugar futures contracts require a small margin and rarely make extreme moves. Currently, an account margin of $1200 will control about $13,000 worth of sugar. (112,000 lbs at 12 cents per pound) [...]
Gold seems to have found a place in many investors? long term investment portfolios. Gold has been called a safe haven investment and a hedge against inflation but in our opinion the reasons for higher gold futures prices in 2007 will be a continued weakening of the US Dollar versus other currencies and higher crude [...]
The purpose of investment is to maximize the profit and minimize the risk and to maintain the existing capital all at once. One of the very promising investment forms in an investment in futures exchange.
This Futures Exchange is a very promising business or investment instrument for the investor, among other due to the capital [...]
The origins of today’s futures market lies in the agriculture markets of the 19th century. At that time, farmers began selling contracts to deliver agricultural products at a later date. This was done to anticipate market needs and stabilize supply and demand during off seasons.
The current futures market includes much more than agricultural products. It [...]
We assume that you are familiar with the basics of commodities - what they are and the different types of trading. In this article, we will delve in a little more into the futures trading, which is the most common found on many markets these days. Because it is the most common, here we [...]
Many people have heard about the Futures Market and how they can earn a substantial income by trading these markets. But many of them don?t have a clear idea of what futures are and how they can make money with them.
In short: a futures contract is a standard contract that is traded on a futures [...]
There?s no doubt that futures trading is inherently a risky business. Anyone who tells you it is 100% risk free is either ignorant or trying to sell you something. The truth is futures trading is a gamble. There?s no telling when you are going to win or when you are going to lose. The best [...]
Futures trading are trading for a commodity that is delivered in the future. The price for this commodity is decided in the present. While deciding the price both seller and buyer fix the cost on certain analysis. Pricing is done on the basis of analysis of two aspects. They are fundamental analysis and technical analysis. [...]
Cotton Futures and Options
COTTON futures and options trade on the NYBOT. (The New York Board of Trade) Cotton has low to medium volume and liquidity; just enough to get by. An account margin of $1300 controls 50,000 pounds of cotton, worth about $30,000. One full point of price movement equates to $500.
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Every trading market has its own special patterns and oddities that will communicate its intentions. Patterns don′t always work every time of course, but even that can be a clue of underlying extreme weakness or strength. Just like knowing a spouse well, learning to read your special market can pay dividends. Read on to learn [...]
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