New Recommendations: Sell March soybeans at $9.90 a bushel or better; risk the trade to a close above $10.40. Look to take profits on a break to $8.56. Market Landscape The beginning of the year has barely begun, and we have...
Read MoreTrading Idea: Buy April $35 crude oil puts now, buy futures on a move to $35 Crude oil has fallen precipitously in the past six months, dropping more than $100 a barrel from its all-time high in July 2008. The big institutional...
Read MoreNew Trade Recommendation: Buy the February gold at $820 or better Fundamental Landscape Despite a recent pullback, we maintain a bullish overtone for the precious metals markets this year and particularly for gold. We expect to...
Read MoreManaged Futures Gain 18% in 2008 According to the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index, managed futures were among the few assets that gained in 2008. Their index showed a return of 18.23%. Dedicated short-biased hedge funds...
Read MoreLind-Waldock’s Traders’ Catalog now has the 2009 Commodity Trading Guide by David Hightower and Terry Roggensack, and the 2009 Stock Trader’s Almanac, by Jeffrey A. Hirsch, in stock. These are two must-have...
Read MoreIf there is any one concept to watch closely for signs of market direction it is the carry trades. As we are now clearly a global economy, a move in one country can affect the markets elsewhere. A few years ago, we began telling...
Read MoreWow, what a year we had. We had the best of times and the worst of times in commodities all in one year. Obviously, 2008 was a very volatile year, and it’s hard to know what to expect for 2009. I do think risk-aversion...
Read MoreJoin our free live webinar at 3:30 p.m. CT, “Friedman’s Futures Forecast.” Each month, Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman gives his view of where the markets may be headed next. Get his take on...
Read MoreToday marks the first official trading week of the year and everyone is searching for clues as to where cash sitting on the sidelines will be put to work. Much of that money has gone into the Treasury markets, which made a...
Read MoreAs we look ahead to 2009, I think there are reasons to be optimistic about the markets. We put an extremely volatile 2008 behind us. In the final trading sessions of the year, we saw high levels of volatility. While that can be...
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