4 Reasons More Trend Followers Use Futures instead of ETFs

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I’ve had several people ask me “Why does Trend Trading uses Futures instead of ETFs?” It’s a good question. Futures are more complex products, and do have more risk. They require a separate futures account, and have only a fraction of the number people trading them compared to the stock market. Well, the despite these [...]

Natural Gas:142 Days days, $17,760 per Contract – and still going!

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Natural gas has been on a remarkable run for nearly 5 months now. The Trend following 101 system got short natural gas on July 26, 2011. It’s still going. It’s remarkable it’s been 142 days since this trade began. You think that after 4 months a trade might lose a little steam – but no, [...]

Why the next 10 years will be known as the Golden age of Trend Following

Amber Waves of Grain as they are being co-opted by Wall Street

One of the strangest events of the last few years has been the massive movement in the entire commodities complex. But if you talk to nearly anyone about why commodity prices are going up, you’ll hear about huge demand out of China and other emerging markets.  What you don’t hear about is the massive influx [...]