Futures Trading Market Analysis for May 11, 2012

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Cotton report is very bearish.

Cotton prices fell on Wednesday and are trading 75 lower this morning on the very bearish USDA supply/demand report. - Read More

The Twelve steps to Economic Recovery

The global economic ties can create a synchronized expansion to elevate the entire worldwide marketplace or it can act as a set of dominoes, each falling to take down the next until all have fallen! This is the world we live. - Read More

In Currency Futures | Financial Futures | Market Analysis
by Leslie Burton - [edit]

Cotton a little higher as May contract expires.

Cotton prices fell sharply on Monday but are trading a little higher this morning. 36% of the cotton crop has been planted and this compares to 28% on average. - Read More

In Indices Futures | Market Analysis | Softs Futures
by John Flanagan - [edit]

Cotton prices holding near unchanged.

Cotton prices fell again on Friday and are trading near unchanged this morning. There were no deliveries made on the May contract which will expire tomorrow. - Read More

In Grain Futures | Market Analysis | Softs Futures
by John Flanagan - [edit]

Cotton trades near unchanged.

Cotton prices fell on Thursday and are trading slightly higher this morning. There were 6 deliveries made by FC Stone and they were taken by Macquarie 5, Allenberg 1. - Read More

In Grain Futures | Market Analysis | Softs Futures | Uncategorized
by John Flanagan - [edit]

Still too Big to Fail

While the sobering news from Europe has finally started to weigh on US stocks, I thought I’d add gasoline to the fire and remind everyone of the twisted morass that’s our own domestic financial situation. The top 5 banks in the US now account for a massively disproportionate amount of the derivative risk in the [...] - Read More

In Market Analysis
by tradingadvantage

Trading Tip #16: Buyers or Sellers

A question I often receive is, “How can there be more buyers or sellers at one price? Isn’t there a buyer for every seller and a seller for every buyer?” The answer is yes, but people are forgetting one important thing. There is a bid and an ask (or offer), and only one of them [...] - Read More

In Market Analysis
by tradingadvantage

Who left the barn door open? Stock index futures bulls are running!

Friday, April 27, 2012 Carley was recently interviewed on the nationally syndicated radio show, Your Money Matters…click here to listen (scroll to middle of page). Who left the barn door open? Stock index futures bulls are running! It has been a running of the bulls type of week on Wall Street despite a rocky start [...] - Read More

In Indices Futures
by Carley Garner

Wild overnight session, quiet day session in Treasury futures

Friday, April 27, 2012 Carley was recently interviewed on the nationally syndicated radio show, Your Money Matters…click here to listen (scroll to middle of page). Wild overnight session, quiet day session in Treasury futures Those holding positions in the Treasury futures markets overnight likely didn’t get much sleep. A late afternoon S&P downgrade of the [...] - Read More

In Financial Futures
by Carley Garner

Cotton trades higher to hold onto acres.

Cotton prices pulled back on Tuesday but are trading higher this morning, influenced by the financial and grain markets. There were no deliveries of cotton on the May contract last night and May open interest has fallen to just 271 contracts now open. This indicates that merchants would rather hold on to the cotton they [...] - Read More

In Grain Futures | Market Analysis | Softs Futures
by John Flanagan

The Grains Review For the Week of April 23, 2012

Coming back from the weekend markets have a calmer opening as compared with Friday’s explosion to the upside in beans. The explosion, as I put out on Twitter, was completely based on rumors of fresh Chinese demand for beans off the PNW. Though we have seen only partial confirmation this morning, basis does support the [...] - Read More

In Grain Futures
by pitguru

The Grains Review For the Week of April 16, 2012

Coming back from the weekend I see negative macro factors adding momentum to bearish weekend weather. The trade is fading due to good weekend rains in MN, IA and throughout the Midwest and a lack of fresh demand from China or anyone else for that matter. Weak crude markets and a strong USD make many [...] - Read More

In Grain Futures
by pitguru

Will options expiration save stock index futures?

April 13, 2012 For information or to purchase Carley Garner’s latest book, Currency Trading in the FOREX and Futures markets visit http://www.currencytradingthebook.com/ Will options expiration save stock index futures? Equities lost ground ahead of the weekend but with options expiration on tap, the markets might find a way to find a short-term low early next [...] - Read More

In Indices Futures
by Carley Garner

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