Author: Scott Hoffman

If you’ve been reading me for a while you probably know that I like trading the grain futures markets. Having two distinct trading sessions per day can give you extra reference prices to trade off of, and the late opening...

There was an article in der Spiegel that said German lawmakers are preparing for Greece’s departure from the euro if the country’s new government doesn’t commit to reforms. This is increasing concern of a...

24 hour markets are both a challenge and an opportunity for futures traders. On the plus side, overnight trading can allow you to take profits in overnight markets and use can use night session highs and lows as reference prices...

We’ve had some funky trading session lately with all the rumors and counter rumors about Greece, Italy, the EFSF, etc. Some markets have not yet decided which way to go but gold’s rally today was signaled by...

Markets are reacting to heightened sovereign stress in Europe and pessimism over the super committee’s ability to reach agreement on a deficit reduction plan. There are no economic releases of note today. The Taylor...

A number of “risk on” assets rallied yesterday. Some were rallies out of a breakout set up; some were the Sell day in the Taylor Trading Technique cycle. Yesterday’s rally meant a number of markets had Sell...

Markets are starting to price in lower odds of the EU sovereign debt plan succeeding. Italian government debt yields are sharply higher (the 10 year Italian not reached a 14 year high in yield) and European bank stocks are...

With the “always on” nature of the markets these days, there are times when it can be difficult to find “ideal” entries and exits (if such a thing exists). No one can be at the computer 24 hours a day and...

As you might expect, the Euro futures had a breakout setup today. With the EU summit taking place today, traders were hesitant about putting on positions in case they ended up on the wrong side today. Yesterday’s...

There are a number of markets with Taylor Trading Technique Sell Short day setups today – the stock indices, the European currencies and the petroleum complex (the ‘risk on’ markets in today’s correlated...