Author: Scott Hoffman

Trading the grain futures markets can be interesting.  As each day’s session is actually bifurcated into two distinct sessions, some setups can yield two separate signals per day.  July corn futures were a good...

Although I’ve been learning and using the Taylor Trading Technique for about 15 years, there are plenty of times when I’m not clear on what phase of the TTT cycle a market is in.  If I went back and reread...

There wasn’t much new news out of Asia other than GS cut its rating on Japanese equities to “underweight”.  The big news is the EU meeting about the EU and IMF meeting about the Greek situation.  The...

I like trading coffee futures on occasion.  The liquidity is decent (especially since it moved to the screen) and it can really move when it gets going.  I wouldn’t trade big size in it (I’d be worried...

A number of markets had Taylor Trading Technique Sell Short days yesterday, and there were some great selling opportunities – stock index futures, the Euro, gold and silver futures, crude oil and the grains.  I wrote...

The distribution of trade setups tends to be “lumpy” – it’s feast or famine.  Last week I couldn’t buy a setup; today there were lots of them.  A number of them looked alike (hello...

Asian markets were lower overnight.  The Japanese PM asked that another nuclear plant be closed as it was located close to a fault line.  On the one hand this is a prudent move; on the other hand it raises real...

Today I got an email from a futures trading educator. Although I’m getting old and set in my ways, I still like to look at how other people approach trading.  I certainly don’t think my way is the only way to...

The US Dollar is higher this morning; that is weighing on commodity prices (or is it the other way around?).  The Pound is getting pounded this morning as UK manufacturing index fell to a seven month low in April. A Reuters...

Bin Laden’s death has had limited impact on the markets.  It might be a bit bullish for equities and bearish for crude oil, but the aftereffects of his death have been discussed for years, and likely has little impact...