We noted several weeks ago the Canadian Dollar would become more linked to the price of oil when Oil drops below $95 per barrel. This means the USDCAD could easily fall in price even more as oil falls further. Oil is now trading a remarkable $85 per barrel, and the Canadian Dollar has dropped significantly over the [...]
Did a Commodity Crash Start today? TF101 Signals 3-6-2012
March 6, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
I’ve warned a few times about the potential for massive sell off in commodities – and there is a chance this huge sell off started today. When I look at the supply and demand fundamentals facing individual commodities, I see very bearish signs in nearly every commodity. I can’t tell if this potential crash is [...]
Trend Following 101 Gets Short Silver
February 12, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
**Trade Alert: Short Canadian Dollar and Silver** The system got short Canadian Dollar on Friday and Silver on Friday. I had warned we might get a sale in Silver on Thursday – the market settled very close to the entry price Thursday night. You can enter both the Canadian and the Silver markets on Monday [...]
2-2-2012 Trade Summary
February 2, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
*New Position Alert* Short Sugar as of today. The market closed lower. This market is close to some support. If it breaks through this level, the Sugar market could move much, much lower. On a weekly chart, it looks like a huge head and shoulders. The Corn and Soybeans went down a little today. The [...]
Grains Bounce Again
January 10, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Grains bounced very strongly off their December. Still, despite this strong move, longer term trend indicators are still down. Beans made lows during the Dec 12-15 dates, and since then have been on an upwards bounce. The Corn and wheat have also bounced strongly. These markets are approaching their highs made in October and early [...]
Diversification: The Reason you want to trade as many markets as possible.
January 2, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
You might be wondering why Trend Following 101 trades so many different markets. We need enough markets so we can always have a few that might be in strong trends. We’re looking to reduce our risk through diversification. One of the reasons investing in the stock market is so frustrating is because it’s only one [...]
