Recent Posts Tagged With 'commodities'

• Highlights of 2008

  Posted on Sunday December 28th, 2008 at 17:15 in commodities, spread betting, commod

  I started the year very bearish on the main indices - and made a good short trade on the DAX30, Germany’s flagship stock index in January after viewing the global stock market situation, Short trade 500 points Then in February a long in London ...

• 2008 year in review

  Posted on Sunday December 28th, 2008 at 16:52 in investing, commodities

  Commodities Big Picture Shaping up for a sideways trading range / rally from these levels.  Either way, looking at the very long term chart the downside appears very limited.  RSI/MACD divergence against price. That is some fall off, 200 is the M...

• Slow burn or non-linearity candlesticks?

  Posted on Monday June 16th, 2008 at 17:36 in Trading, commodities, grains, general commodities

  I experienced a minor disturbance today, of a financial nature, it made me reflect on the value of money. Between 6-7pm I traded Crude oil on the short side, nothing special about that, just that this is not a market I have traded much in the past. ...

• Black Coffee…

  Posted on Saturday February 9th, 2008 at 17:32 in coffee, commodities, futures trading, jim rogers, commodities bull market, sally nicolls

  Last week, on the breakout we had what I understand to be record volume when price exceeded the low 140s - a record for the volume of coffee contracts traded in one day! Here is the view of one veteran trader who has taken a position in coffee. R...

• Commoditize your portfolio…

  Posted on Friday February 8th, 2008 at 15:31 in coffee, sugar, commodities, open positions, spread betting, coffee bull market, spread bet northern rock, spread betting blog

  From now on, due to time pressures I will have to post only on Friday a review of the week, and Sunday for a general Big Picture, “Kitchen Cabinet” overview. Update on Coffee, well, letting profits run on this one, as it didn’t want...

• Trading update…

  Posted on Saturday February 2nd, 2008 at 16:58 in commodities, futures trading, open positions, commodity trading, coffee trading, commodities investing, silver trading, spread betting uk

  Friday saw some changes to my trades, I have been recently stepping back from daily trading and just managing, or handling my positions as this suits the approach I am confortable with. The numbers are fairly modest but at the moment it is time for ...