Futures Trading Blog Posts

Today’s Futures News Strat Grains trims EU wheat hopes, but ups barley Strat Grains trims EU wheat hopes, but ups barley. Strategie Grains raised its estimate for the European Union barley harvest, citing bigger spring sowings than it had thoug...

Today’s Futures News SOFTS HIGHLIGHTS: Top Stories of the Day NEW YORK–Arabica-coffee and raw-sugar prices tumbled to multiyear lows as outlooks for record supplies of the two commodities–largely from the world's biggest grower...

Today’s Futures News Commodities traders acquire power stations The Swiss-based commodities traders are expanding into assets, buying or leasing anything from refineries to pipelines and terminals. Now Vitol, the largest oil trader, has bought...

Today’s Futures News Riverstone leads talks on $1bn commodities venture David Silbert, the head of commodities at Deutsche Bank between 2007 and 2012, plans to launch TrailStone this year. He said the negotiations with Riverstone and other stra...

Today’s Futures News Tougher times for commodities trading titans After a decade of booming profits, the commodities trading titans are facing headwinds. That, in a nutshell, is one of the key takeaways of the 360-page maiden bond prospectus fr...

Today’s Futures News Falling gold price sparks sell off – Sydney Morning Herald An overnight fall in the gold price below $US1400 ($1416) an ounce sparked a sell-off of local mining stocks, as commodities slipped on weak global economic d...

Today’s Futures News Aussie Dollar Trades Near 11-Month Low After Commodities Decline The yield on Australia's benchmark three-year government note declined one basis point to 2.59 percent after the Standard & Poor's GSCI Index of...

Today’s Futures News Asia Grains-Indonesia buys Canadian wheat, Thailand takes soymeal "We are simply running out of wheat," said Ole Houe, an analyst at Sydney-based brokerage IKON Commodities. "The Australian old-crop wheat is get...

Today’s Futures News Rain Commodities net dips in Q1 Rain Commodities Ltd's consolidated net profit declined 39.5 per cent at Rs 111 crore in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, compared with Rs 185 crore in the same period last year.

Today’s Futures News Rand weaker on commodities A commodities selloff due to the stronger dollar against other major currencies resulted in a weaker rand on Friday afternoon. Tony van Dyk‚ a currency dealer at the Iquad Group said : “We...

Today’s Futures News Chart: Divergence seen between commodities, equities Chart: Divergence seen between commodities, equities. Mecklai Financial has come out with its report on commodities vs equities. Ongoing easing program by central banks a...

Today’s Futures News US targets commodities and corruption The commodities trading industry runs a high risk of dealing with corrupt officials in fragile states, according to a recent report by the Swiss government. “The awarding of public co...

Today’s Futures News Asia Stocks Advance on China Data as Euro Gains With Commodities May 8 (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks climbed for a third day, with the benchmark index heading toward a five-year high, after China's trade grew more t...

Today’s Futures News GRAINS-US corn falls 3.7 pct as planters roll, pulls wheat lower "The trade has ideas that we are actually going to get the crops planted," said Bill Gentry, a broker with Risk Management Commodities. "Rains tha...

Today’s Futures News Waning global demand makes life tough for Rio Tinto: CEO Sam Walsh Waning global demand for commodities is prompting Rio and rival miners to trim assets and staff as they are squeezed by unfavourable foreign exchange rates,...

Today’s Futures News Glencore Xstrata CEO : Commodities key to success LONDON–As his $66 billion deal crossed the finish line Thursday morning, Ivan Glasenberg, chief executive of the newly merged Glencore Xstrata PLC, was worrying about...

Today’s Futures News Euro Weakens Before ECB as Commodities Gain With US Futures The euro snapped a four-day advance against the dollar and most stocks in the region declined before the European Central Bank decides interest rates. Commodities...

Today’s Futures News Commodity funds Clive and Merchant gain from mid-April upheaval The two outperformed at least half a dozen London-based commodity hedge funds – including Brevan Howard Commodities Strategies, Krom River and Higgs Capi...

Today’s Futures News Corn, Natural Gas Lead Gain; Cocoa Falls: Commodities at Close GRAINS, OILSEEDS. Corn jumped the most in 10 months, gaining the maximum allowed by the Chicago Board of Trade, as rain and frigid weather slowed the pace of pl...

Today’s Futures News Sell MCX Crude oil below Rs 5030; target Rs 5000: Dani Comm Dani Commodities has come out with its report on energy. According to the research firm, one can sell MCX Crude oil below Rs 5030 with a stoploss of Rs 5060 for th...