Posts Tagged ‘Commodities’

Commoditiy Trading – Financial Indexes

Although it might not stand to commonsense, stocks and bonds can indeed be traded as commodities. Especially if you’re novice investor, you probably don’t see that the statistical measurements of changes in price are similar to those of gold, wheat or oil. However, these trade in the form of futures and options contracts; this is [...]

10 Tips From a Trading Veteran to Help You Put the Odds in Your Favour in 2009

When you have been trading futures, options, stocks and commodities for over 20 years, it can be easy to forget what it was like starting out. In this article I will share with you some of my secrets that I wish I had known when I started trading.
Much of what you read about Financial [...]

Commodity Trading Strategies – The Spread

Many of the more common commodity trading strategies actually serve two purposes. The turn of a profit is but one. A hedge is the other purpose. Hedging is a method of minimizing risks by attempting to purchase some form of insurance. As well as minimizing risks, it also usually caps potential [...]