The Global Update

If you’ve been trading index futures long enough, you probably noticed most Octobers that the market tends to shift into high gear, rallying through the middle of January. Although this doesn’t happen every year, it happens enough for it to

Gold is up 22.7% year to date, topping the S&P 500 index’ (10.5%) by double, and trailing the Nasdaq 100, up 35.6%, by roughly 13%. Like all three major equity indices, gold has also pulled back. Depending on whether you’re

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You’re following a market that just tanked. You think you see a potential “bottoming” but you’re unsure. You also know common wisdom says to not try to time market bottoms (or tops for that matter). Yet, getting in close to

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Countries across the globe are struggling in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Oil-producing nations that are part of OPEC+ are no exception. Russia is one of these countries and the news out of the former Soviet Union is that

Distinguishing an uptrend from a downtrend can be tricky for a couple of reasons. First, the idea of a “trend” always implies some kind of a “projection.” For instance, if we’re in an uptrend, then it follows that the market,

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As the world economy continues to become increasingly connected, so too does the global commodities markets. One big reason for this is that the financial markets have become much more democratized thanks to new technology. Traders have near-immediate access to