I agree with swing trading you have to be selective and be patient, I am slowing getting better at this. Hence my attempt to develop a metric to...
I follow the MRCI recommendations so the typical stuff, calendar spreads in C, W, S, SM and some intercommodity spreads including KW and crushes....
It is interesting that this is the second or third time that the markets have become extreme since I've been learning to trade spreads and for...
Another way to think about it is that if you assume my 2.5 years of data I used to generate the performance graph is representative of seasonal...
The y-axis is based on the performance of recommendations that were closed on each date. A trade closed at a loss or stopped out will push the...
I use very simple TA in order to wait until the spreads shows some strength, then pick an entry/exit strategy and wait for the entry strategy to...
I have enjoyed reading through this thread so I appreciate the tone and willingness to share ideas. I don't have the same experience or skill...
I use MRCI to screen most of my trades and have actually already entered this spread on a the breakout above 8.0. My typical strategy for these...
Watching the July spread approach even. I am not a fundamental trader but a small amount of internet research suggests that a couple of factors...
Stay away from many of the FX brokers, particularly the ones that make a market for you to trade. The stop running is crazzzzzzzy! I'd suggest...
Local, I assume you mean to buy k and sell n as the carry is @ 80%. I am pretty new to the ags and the literature I can find usually says this...
Local, I was long a KW/W for most of the second half of last year (one of my best wins for the year) but closed out my March spread around the...
I've been watching this spread for a few days. The seasonality as you say is good this time of year, and historically the premium doesn't spend...
I've been working on applying technical analysis as a entry/exit filter; mostly pretty basic stuff like support/resistance, breakouts, breakdowns,...
LOL, I had to look up glyphosate, that's greek to me..... Unfortunately I am a swing trader only, fundamentals are latin to me. The seasonals...
The M/J hog spread is bouncing up today. A couple of short term bullish divergences with the RSI are giving me optimism on my longs here. Any...
Look at say N/H it moves a couple of points per month. Not bad possibilities compared to the margin requirements. Is it worth it? Yes. Just...
Hi all, I have been trading MRCI since January this year and of course it has been an up and down year. Trades in the last 2 to 3 months have...
I am also a newbie to carrying costs but did find some info out there by googling. If I remember correctly storage and insurance were limited by...
Currently full carry is 31 to 32. If you use 80% of carry as a high limit then the high end of the trade would be around 25 at today's prices....
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